Thursday, 28 December 2017
Wednesday, 27 December 2017
Complete Ring Cycles: 2018. Full Listing
What follows is a list of full Ring cycles in 2018. As always details may change, or we may have made an error. Please check with each...
Opera in Depth with David Nice. Rheingold. London. Starting January 8
David tells us the part of the series that concentrates on Rheingold will run for 5 weeks and should you wish to sign-up just for this ...
Parsifal. New Production Munich 2018. Kaufmann, Stemme, Pape, Audi & Petrenko. Video Preview
Pierre Audi's new "all star cast" production of Parsifal will premiere at Bayerische Staatsoper on 28 June, 2018. It wil...
Calixto Bieito's Latest Tannhauser: Restrained, Out of Ideas Or Just A Guardian Reader?
Whatever you might think of Calixto Bieito's opera productions understated is not a word one would commonly use. Yet, that is certainl...
Tuesday, 26 December 2017
Recommendation: Tannhauser: Barenboim, Pape, Seiffert, Petersen, Prudenskaya, Waltz
I find it difficult to enjoy productions of Tannhauser on DVD, or indeed on the stage. Not because of the score, obviously, or performers,...
Free Digital Magazine. Gramophone: Recordings of the Year 1977-2017
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Gramophone Awards this year, Gramophone have produced a very special free digital magazine: '...
Monday, 25 December 2017
New Books: Ernest Newman A Critical Biography By Paul Watt
Wagner's most detailed biographer - despite its age, his four-volume "Life Of Richard Wagner" remains indispensable - finds ...
Wagner and Paris: The Case of Rienzi (1869). Mark Everist
Abstract The French reception of Wagner is often based on the two pillars of the 1861 Tannhäuser production and that of Lohengrin in 1891....
Watch Now: Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me (Documentary, 2008)
A portrait of the mezzo-soprano singer Waltraud Meier Presenting her on stage and in rehearsal as Didon, Ortrud, Leonore, Amneris, Siegl...
Watch Now: Carlos Kleiber: Traces to Nowhere.
Carlos Kleiber was one of the legendary conductors of his time, famous for his infrequent, but supreme interpretations. He had an unusual ...
Watch Now: Sir Georg Solti Great Conductors In Rehearsal. Tannhauser
Rehearsing and conducting the Overture to Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner with the Süddeutsche Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra Available Su...
Lecture: Reinventing Wagner After Hitler. London. Feb 2018
REINVENTING WAGNER AFTER HITLER A lecture by Dr. Patrick Carnegy German Historical Institute, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2...
Sunday, 24 December 2017
A Happy, Wagnerian Christmas - Despite Much To Make It Seem Otherwise
Its been a very odd year and possibly not the best for many, Politics have split many people in at least two very large economies: the UK...
