Text of remarks made by Michael Portillo at the Longborough Festival Opera, Friday 2 July 1999. "Then there’s Mime, the whining and p...

Due to be published June 30 2016. Sadly very little information available on Dr Scruton's new book around the subject of Wagner and th...

Well worth watching Wagner grew up in the Saxon capital of Dresden, a city steeped in things oriental since the 18th century. By Wagn...

Simon Callow will publish a new Wagner biography 27 February 2017. Publishers details, only, available at this stage.  The life and lega...

Newly translated to English. Richard Wagner’s “total work of art,” the monumental, gripping, and fathomlessly deep story of the ring of ...

A talk by Professor Derek Hughes 23 Feb 2016. 7.30pm St Botolph's Church Hall, Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TL On 11 August 1881, Wa...

In this edition of Music Matters Tom Service conducts an extended interview with Jonas Kaufmann, From Wagner to Puccini. From Opera to L...

David Frost in conversation with Daniel  Barenboim. On Wagner, Wagner in Israel, the Middle East, music and his life.

Humanitas Visiting Professor Christian Thielemann is a brilliant and controversial conductor and director of the Bayreuth Festival. In t...

The Ring? In Charing Cross? How could any of us not attend. More at Unexpected Opera  “As well as conveying the crucial elements of the ...

Not wishing to turn over a hornets nest but in   Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times", Joscelyn Godwin says:  ...

"My job is to reinvent those classics..."  Daniel Kramer "In 2007, after six years working as a theatre director, the Eng...

How are Richard Wagner's operas shaped by his interest in philosophy? How can Immanuel Kant's vision of the human condition inform...

A bit late but in case you missed it: The November 2015 issue (vol.9, no.3), now available, contains the following feature articles: •...

Listen you must. Ignore you should not. Brett Mitchell — Assistant Conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra, and former Assistant Conducto...

9-18 June 2016. More at LFO

From a Gala Concert commemorating the 450 Years of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden at the Semperoper Dresden We dare you not to be...

Sofia Opera is to revive their 2014 complete Ring cycle during May this year. Details below. RICHARD WAGNER - “DER RING DES NIBEL...

From: Carl E. Schorske: Fin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture. The nineteenth century saw itself generally as “a century of movement,...

Delphin Enjolras. Evening Reading Of possible interest to those with an interest in Wagner. While it doesn't seem to discuss Wagner ...

"Then whore in the dark, you watery brood! (He reaches out his hand towards the gold.) Your light I’ll put out, wrench the gold from t...

A Phd Dissertation written in 2012, But don't let that put you off, it's actually well written. As to the argument? Well, we wi...

J. Peter Schwalm (born 1970, Frankfurt am Main) is a German composer and music producer, active in the fields of electronic music, ambien...

We admit this has taken some time. Indeed, it is now nearly two years since we asked you to vote in the first semi finals - where we reduced...

Note: Because people asked, you should now be able to download this as a PDF -  should you want. To Download Click Here We spent a su...

Out of the ashes came a very different Wagner & a very different history? Originally published, at Think Classical 19 August 2015  S...

Taken from "Think Classical"'s essay Richard Wagner: Supreme Annihilator of the German War Gods The Berlin anti-Semitic un...

Last week, we noted protests from seeming racists in Israel - notably Miri Regev, Israel’s culture minister, who once called Black Africans ...

Update (after 3 years!) : The DVD is now also available on Amazon - other retailers we are sure are available. To find on Amazon search fo...

A Wagnerian on Facebook. Not Wotan's Ravens but close? Are you someone that likes to keep up with our ramblings (Really? Are you su...

Perhaps the best obituary would not be words but images.

I enjoy the Wagner Journal immensely - after all how could I not. It is always filled with the most interesting articles - the latest issu...

Miri Regev: "Look! I'm telling you! Its True! Elvis is alive.  He works in this fish 'an chip shop in Scunthorpe." ...

On her Facebook page, Cheryl Studer has just written the following. We felt it was more than worth bringing to your attention. And perhaps...

From noiseful arms, and acts of prowess done  In tournament or tilt, Sir Percivale,  Whom Arthur and his knighthood called The Pure,  ...