Underwhelming Strauss redeemed by blazing Beethoven in Toronto
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My review of Thursday night’s TSO concert featuring the Strauss Four Last
Songs and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 is now posted at bachtrack.com.
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Joachim Köhler & Why Wagner Did Not Cause The Holocaust.
"Wagner always considered himself a spiritual revolutionary whose concern was the liberation of human beings, including the Jews, from ... Read on →
Der Ring des Nibelungen Medieval, Pagan, Modern
Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen Medieval, Pagan, Modern. Carole M. Cusack Originally published in: Relegere: Studies in... Read on →
Medieval Influence on the Libretto of the Ring
Medieval Romance and Musical Narrative in Wagner’s Ring J. P. E. Harper-Scott. First printed in: 19th-Century Music 32, no. ... Read on →
The Scars of Yggdrasill: Conflict, Power & Family In The Ring
A surprisingly well written and "easy to read" Doctoral thesis from Dr David Bret Smithey. Introduction is reprinted here while ... Read on →
Listen Now: Seattle Opera's Mid 70's Ring Cycle
Walkures from Seattle's 1975 Ring Made available, kindly, by Seattle Opera. There is also an interview with Joan Herald, who perf... Read on →
Seattle Opera To Release 2013 Ring Cycle On CD
A pity there is no DVD release, but at least it is something - and their first commercial recording release. Press release from Seattle ... Read on →
Video Preview: COC's Walkure. 2015
Christine Goerke , and others, discuss COC's up and coming January 2015 revival of Atom Egoyan's Walkure. Read on →
The Deepening of the Wagner Conundrum
Originally published at the Wagner blog "Sacrifice" where much more Wagner related analysis and thoughts can be found. Reprinte... Read on →
Breaking: The Fight Continues At The MET Opera
Starving Artists on the stage of the MET. La boheme The battle, at least of words, continues in New York over proposed cuts of 26% to t... Read on →
Editorial: The MET, The Death of Klinghoffer & Why Wagnerians Should Be Very Afraid
The Death of Klinghoffer: ENO 2012 "My opera accords great dignity to the memory of Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer, and it roundly co... Read on →
Breaking: MET Orchestra Accuse Peter Gelb Of Mismanagement
And they do so in a rather detailed 14 page report. Some surprising statistics for the latest MET Ring in the back MET OPERA ORCHESTRA... Read on →
A Wagnerian Interview: The Hartford Wagner Festival
A few days ago, our deputy editor interviewed Charles M. Goldstein, President and Artistic Director of the "controversial" Hartf... Read on →
Rik Mayall: 7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014
Off topic perhaps, and confusing to readers outside of the UK but the great Rik Mayall has died today. It is clearly difficult to selec... Read on →
If You Missed It You Can Still Watch:Glyndebourne's Der Rosenkavalier - free
Will remain available on-demand until 15, June. More about it here And to watch simply CLICK HERE Read on →
Watch Glyndebourne's Der Rosenkavalier Free - Sunday June 8 at 4.30pm
Time above is BST. You can watch it either at Glyndebourne's Website by CLICKING HERE or at the Telegraph by CLICKING HERE . Read on →
Parsifal On Tv: Met And Festspielhaus
Parsifal On TV: Met And Festspielhaus Alunno Marco. Originally published in Mediamusic,Electronic Scientific Magazine Televisi... Read on →.jpg)
Iconography And Gesamtkunstwerk In Parsifal’s Two Cinematic Settings
Iconography And Gesamtkunstwerk In Parsifal’s Two Cinematic Settings By Alunno Marco . Originally published in MEDIAMUSIC, ELECTRO... Read on →
Watch Now: Walkure Act One. Complete
Conductor: Isaac Selya The Queen City Chamber Opera and the Wagner Society of Cincinnati recently collaborated to present a fully st... Read on →
Breaking: The Hartford Wagner Festival Release A Statement
In what is perhaps, a response to what some might describe as extraordinarily juvenile behavior, on their Facebook page The Hartford Wa... Read on →
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