Ernest Newman's, perhaps legendary, 1949, "Wagner Operas" (or "Wagner Nights" as some may know it) has once aga...
Ernest Newman's Wagner Operas Republished As Print And Ebook
Saturday, 31 August 2013
New Wagner Book: Richard Wagner A Life in Music - Martin Geck
English Translation - by Stewart Spencer - of Martin Geck's Richard Wagner A Life in Music . One that has been added to our reading list...
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Watch On-demand: Don Carlo. Salzburg, Jonas Kaufmann, et al
Antonio Pappano conductor Peter Stein stage director Ferdinand Wögerbauer set designer Annamaria Heinreich costume designer Joachim Bar...
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Download recordings of all of Wagner's "mature" works - free
Now while this should not be assumed as legal advice, a little explanation, in the simplest of terms: under copyright laws (in most count...
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Pierre Boulez Cancels Lucerne performances
Pierre Boulez has cancelled his two appearances at Lucerne on Sept. 7 and 9. A spokesperson announced that the cancellation was due to Bo...
Listen Now: Seattle Opera's Ring Cycle Cast - 2013
Kindly provided by Seattle Opera. all performances recorded in rehearsal: There are still a few tickets available. Check here for deta...
Watch Now: Asher Fisch Discuses The Ring Motifs
Asher Fisch explores the "building blocks" of Siegfried's Funeral March, highlighting Wagner's evocative motifs an...
Listen Live : Seattle Opera - Der Ring des Nibelungen 2013
This years Seattle Oper's "Green Ring" will be broadcast in its entirety on Classic KING FM. After a few days delay King ...
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Watch Now - On-demand: Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, Salzburg 2013
Made available by 3Sat. Catch it while you can - it won't stay up for long. It is, as expected, very Stefan Herheim. Daniele Gatt...
New Issue Of Wagner Journal Published
'The bicentenary of Wagner will be celebrated throughout the world (albeit with at least one notable exception), wrote the edit...
Friday, 2 August 2013
Does Bayreuth Deserve Better?
Frank Castorf reminisces about 80's dance craze "voguing". Eva W feigns ignorance "Castorf is a director who took th...
Listen Now: Why Wagner May Murder You In Your Bed
Wagnerian in renames site The Portillian shock? The Moral Maze is a radio programme on BBC Radio 4, broadcast since 1990. Four regular ...
Rick Fulker Concludes His Bayreuth Diary: "This emotion is pure hate."
" Because Castorf won't leave, the audience stands up and starts to. I feel queasy." "...it's clearly the public...
Thursday, 1 August 2013
DVD Release Of The Herheim Parsifal From Bayreuth Cancelled!
Prayers maybe the only way this production sees DVD release One does wonder about business and management decisions being made at Bayr...
The Wagnerian Recommends
We often receive requests to recommend Rings cycles, Wagner books, etc. For sometime we have considered the best way to try and provide a...
Frank Castorf tells booing Bayreuth audience, "You're mental mate"
Frank Castorf tells audience, "And you know what you can do 'an all" Oh dear! How etiquette has fallen at Bayreuth. As is...
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