T & I take a break According to some critics its bad enough that Wagner makes the audience wait till the final act for the drama...

This should prove interesting - and perhaps an indicator of the future?  Expect problems with the online ticketing service when it goes live...

Ernest Newman's, perhaps legendary, 1949, "Wagner Operas" (or "Wagner Nights" as some may know it) has once aga...

English Translation - by Stewart Spencer - of Martin Geck's Richard Wagner A Life in Music . One that has been added to our reading list...

Antonio Pappano conductor Peter Stein stage director Ferdinand Wögerbauer set designer Annamaria Heinreich costume designer Joachim Bar...

Now while this should not be assumed as legal advice, a little explanation,  in the simplest of terms: under copyright laws (in most count...

Pierre Boulez has cancelled his two appearances at Lucerne on Sept. 7 and 9. A spokesperson announced that the cancellation was due to Bo...

Kindly provided by Seattle Opera. all performances recorded in rehearsal: There are still a few tickets available.  Check here for deta...

Asher Fisch explores the "building blocks" of Siegfried's Funeral March, highlighting Wagner's evocative motifs an...

This years Seattle Oper's "Green Ring" will be broadcast in its entirety on Classic KING FM. After a few days delay King ...

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...

'The bicentenary of Wagner will be celebrated throughout the world (albeit with at least one notable exception), wrote the edit...

Frank Castorf reminisces about 80's dance craze "voguing". Eva W feigns ignorance "Castorf is a director who took th...

Wagnerian in renames site The Portillian shock? The Moral Maze is a radio programme on BBC Radio 4, broadcast since 1990. Four regular ...

" Because Castorf won't leave, the audience stands up and starts to. I feel queasy." "...it's clearly the public...

Prayers maybe the only way this production sees DVD release One does wonder about business and management decisions being made at Bayr...

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 audience, "And you know what you can do 'an all" Oh dear! How etiquette has fallen at Bayreuth. As is...

A first look at Stefan Herheim's eagerly awaited, Salzburg Festival, Meistersinger:

Critics and the present day Bayreuth audience are a fickle bunch it would seem. You see, despite the odd boo and some reports to the contrar...

Castorf's Rheingold 2013 We normally leave this till all of the performances have been broadcast but demand this year has been so ...

Tristan und Isolde. Operakoret Given that there are no new broadcasts from Bayreuth today, we thought, should you have missed it, you m...

Harmonic Analysis: Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, Act I  - David Bennett Thomas  

Bayreuth, Festspielhaus May 22, 2013 01. Richard Wagner DIE WALKÜRE, Erster Aufzug Sieglinde : Eva Maria Westbroek Siegmun...

Bayreuth veteran Rick Fulker is in the Bavarian town for the new production of Richard Wagner's opera cycle "The Ring of the Nibe...

Valery Gergiev celebrates the two bicentennials : those of Wagner and Verdi! Valery Gergiev opens this concert with the first act of O...

The harmonica is the Wagnerian's "weapon of choice" and so, off topic or not: Franco De Gemini, who probably became most ...

"I don't know whether I'm a big fan of Wagner's music," says Castorf. "You can't take all of this so terribly...

Rhine-Daughters? We are more than aware these will divide opinion so shall not comment. Should you want to buy any of these images it...

Of course, "unofficial" descriptions have been in the wild for sometime (as indeed the odd photo) but Gramophone have now come ...

Starting shortly of course. Should be available "on-demand" for 7 days. Click the relevant link to go to the relevant producti...

Should you still be debating whether this is worth your time. It might however, explain why you can now buy his Bayreuth Ring cycle for £4.9...

Itunes has now made the Kupfer Ring available to download - see here .  Now, while there are  certainly benefits for the impatient in bu...