Was Wagner the first person to use "crowed funding" to pay for performances of his work? Well, it is certain that it was public ...
Record Label Turns To Kickstarter To Fund Rare Wagner CD Set
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Funded "Doctoral Studentship in Hearings of Wagner's Letimotives" Available
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For graduates with an interest in Wagner, a chance like this rarely comes along - especially with a tax-free stipend starting at £13,726 p...
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
An Insiders Guide To Parsifal: Lyric Opera Of Chicago
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"Compassion and redemption. Yes, one is very dependent on the other. The theme of redemption – Parsifal’s redemption – is entirely tied...
Monday, 28 October 2013
Audio Interview: Heath Lees and Dimity Reed: Wagner's Ring
A few weeks ago we featured Heath Lees fascinating new four part documentary series, Wagner's Ring: A Tale Told In Music , examini...
THE NIBELUNG STRIKES BACK
THE NIBELUNG STRIKES BACK: Fundamental connections in the leitmotivic treatment and structure of Wagner’s 0peras and John Williams’ St...
"Lost" Wagner Letter Sells For Over 3000 Euros
Mentioned a few weeks ago, it appears the letter, in which Wagner provides information on the character of Lohengrin, sold for 3, 300 eur...
Video: Daniel Brenna Discusses Playing both Sigmund & Siegfried
In 2011, more by accident then design that year, we saw a little known American tenor give a performance of Siegfried that both astounded ...
Barenboim Ring - On USB, With Interactive Extras
Update: See video below. Also, pre-release price now confirmed on Amazon at £34.49 Not the first time that Warner Classics have release...
The Ring Continues To Turn: Janowski Walkure Released.
Should you have access to spotify you can listen to it in its entirety below. A review can also be found here , although, we are listeni...
A Tantalizing Look At the Melbourne Ring: Rheindaughter As Showgirl
Lorina Gore, as Rhinedaughter, backstage Ring cycle in Melbourne. “I don’t necessarily want to create the kind of traditional fantasy ...
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Piedmont Opera To Stage First Dutchman In Its History
Indeed, not only its first Dutchman but first Wagner drama. A production of the Dutchman by Steven LaCosse , that first saw its premiere...
Friday, 18 October 2013
Interview: Ben Woodward. "Bayreuth? They stole our idea!"
One would have to admit that in UK this year those with an interest in Wagner have been well served - with the exception of the UKs two ...
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Riccardo Chailly To Take Over From Barenboim At La Scala?
Riccardo Chailly is to take over from Daniel Barenboim when he steps down as La Scala's Music Director in 2017 - perhaps before. Or s...
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Patrick Carnegy's "Wagner And The Art Of The Theatre" Re-released In Paperback
First published in 2006, Patrick Carnegy's " Wagner And The Art Of The Theatre" has finally been re-released as a far more af...
Video Lecture 2: Parsifal - As Art And Ideology
Recommended. Again, whether you agree or not. Below, you will also find the complete text of "The Thunder, Perfect Mind. Wagner’...
Video Lecture: Bayreuth as Bardo: Schlingensief’s Parsifal Production
Ed: Note, much talk of "To Buddhists this means" and "In Buddhism this means...". If you preface this with "Tib...
Wagner Lecture With Alex Ross: University of Oklahoma - Oct. 18
Should you be in the area, clearly worth attending. Intriguingly titled "Siegfried Dionysus: Wagner, Nietzsche, and the Adoration of...
Video Interview: Stephanie Blythe.
Bing and Dennis of "Classic Talk", speak with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe.
"Lost" Letter From Wagner Goes Up For Auction
We received the following release and thought it might be of interest. Of course, Wagner wrote so many letters that many still occasiona...
Audio Documentary: Ludwig II of Bavaria
Brian Sewell on his long-standing love of "Mad" King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who built the ultimate fantasy castle at Neuschwa...
Friday, 11 October 2013
Free Concerts: Verdi & Wagner 200. November, London
Song in the City programmes concerts around imaginative themes, bringing talented singers and pianists to the heart of the Square Mile, in...
Review: Richard Wagner: A Life In Music. Martin Geck
Review by Lucy Beckett Admiration tempered by judgement Richard Wagner: a life in music Martin Geck, translated by Stewart Spencer Univers...
New DVD Series: Wagner's Ring: A Tale Told in Music
Emeritus Professor Heath Lees, well known to many with an interest in Wagner, has produced the more than interesting DVD set below. It prov...
Monday, 7 October 2013
French Media Report Patrice Chéreau Has Died
Very little information available at the moment apart from telling you that the French media is reporting the Patrice Chéreau, director o...
Wagnerpunk: Patrice Chereau’s Ring Cycle as proto-steampunk?
Edit: Link now fully working. It has been far to long since we presented for your attention one of our Wagner miscellanea articles - a vie...
A History of Ring Cycle productions. Or: Whatever Became of the Breastplates?
The Valencia Ring, Spain - 2009 Chapter eleven of David Littlejohn's "The Ultimate Art. Essays around and about Opera" (...
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Review: Ipad App - The Wagner Files
Our editor reviews the international version of the German Ipad app, "Wagnerwahn". If at first you don't succeed try another m...
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Classic Brit Awards Shock As Wagner Is Represented - Care Of Kaufmann & Barenboim
"You want me to stand next to...who?" Well, in the case of Kaufmann, it was a special "critics award" (Ed: one assu...
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Wiener Staatsoper To Begin Live Internet Streaming From Autumn 2013
Alas, no details as yet announced as to which "selected" operas will be broadcast. But it at least allows us the excuse to pos...
Time To Rethink Arts Funding In The USA As NYCO Files For Bankruptcy?
On 12 September, 70 year old New York City Opera stated that it needed $12 million to survive as a company and began a desperate scramble ...
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