Novembering
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Music – concerts and opera 3rd November – Diapente with guest Felix Deak on
viola da gamba present a Dowland themed programme at St. Thomas’s Anglican.
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The Awakening: Wagner and Rumi
The Awakening is a short film by Ivan Maria Friedman, taking the poem of Sufi mystic Rumi and setting it to the Vorspiel of Das Rheingold. ... Read on →
Das ist kein Mann!
If there is one line in the whole of the Ring that can produce unintended laughter, muffled or not, it is Siegfried's "Das ist ke... Read on →
Das Rheingold -150th Anniversary Performance. Birmingham UK
It would seem a terrible shame to miss this one. 2019 is the 150th anniversary of the first performance of Richard Wagner’s opera, D... Read on →
Email And Apologies
As a number of you are aware, the website was down for 5 days at the beginning of this month. This was due to an error by our previous dom... Read on →
A New Meistersinger Production In London. August 2019
FULHAM OPERA DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG 9 - 17 August 2019 Greenwood Theatre, London Fulham Opera, is to stage its mos... Read on →
Book Recommendation: Richard Wagner And The English
I have found myself, once again, reading Anne Dzamba Sessa's excellent, 1978 book "Richard Wagner And The English". This i... Read on →
A Lecture Series On Die Walkure
A nine hour, or so, lecture series on Die Walkure. Recorded in 2012 Includes: The Opera in Its Time (Simon Williams) The Growth... Read on →
Stefan Herheim, "Opera for me is not about entertaining people or giving them a good time"
In an interview with the Telegraph, Stefan Herheim told Rupert Christiansen "Opera for me is not about entertaining people or giving ... Read on →
Deutsche Oper Berlin And A New Ring From Stefan Herheim
Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that the first part of the new Stefan Herheim, will premiere, logically enough, with Rheingold one Fri... Read on →
Wagner And “Game of Thrones”: Where they Intersect?
Alex Ross is always worth reading, especially about Wagner. By Alex Ross. When Arthur Schopenhauer read the libretto of “Die Walküre,... Read on →
Animated Rheingold. Operavox
While these have held up well to the passing of time, sadly, they are very difficult to buy now. Surely time for them to be rereleased? ... Read on →
Parsing Parsifal: Wagner's Erotic Kunstreligion
Edition of Parsifal illustrated by Willy Pogany, 1912 From "The Sidney Undergraduate Journal Of Musicology. An intriguing read, th... Read on →
Gods and Monsters: The Musical Journey of Wagner's Ring Cycle
Conductor Brett Mitchell gives a deep dive into Wagner's Ring Cycle, demonstrating how he used leitmotifs to tell one of the greates... Read on →
Wagner's Das Rheingold -- A Psychological Analysis
From This SophiaCycles. The author describes this as, " (A) Video Essay takes a look at the first drama of Richard Wagner's R... Read on →
An Animated Guide To The Ring
This is actually rather good and in less than six minutes! And who can deny its closing remarks? Read on →
A 5 Hour Lecture Series on Das Rheingold
Once again, from the Wagner Society Of Washington. Lecturers: Simon Williams And Jeffery Swann Read on →
Because You Didn't Ask For More: Der Fliegende Holländer - In Lego
And if you continue not to ask,, we may also give you, Tristan - in Lego Read on →
Richard Wagner's Parsifal - in Lego
It's probably best if you cannot speak German. As the producers say in their introduction, "The plot of Richard Wagner's co... Read on →
Wagner in der Wildnis: 11 Hours Worth Of Lectures On Parsifal From Simon Williams & Jeffrey Swann
Originally given over a full weekend, in an event hosted by the Wagner Society Of Washinton. Sadly, neglected on Youtube. Worth your att... Read on →
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