Interstellar Galactomic Nabucco
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The 2025 production of Verdi’s Nabucco recorded in the Arena di Verona is
nothing if not spectacular; visually and vocally. One might ask though if
it’s an...
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Watch Now: Nixon In China - The Theatre Du Chatelet
Off topic but I felt that some might be interested - as was I. Made available by Arte TV Musical dire... Read on →
Using Mime's rusty hammer: Search engine - fixed!
The Wagnerian makes highly precise repairs It has been brought to my attention that following the "make over" the search facil... Read on →
Wagnerian Bryan Magee discuses Schopenhauer
"...I don't see how you can deny the Will, as you are, by definition, the Will itself" Frederick Copleston Philosopher Brya... Read on →
London's "other" Ring Cycle premieres Die Walkure, May 2012 plus revival of Rheingold
Fulham Opera: Rheingold 2011 Last year brought us the premiere of one of the most unusual Rheingolds in Wagner history: Fulham Opera... Read on →
Boston Lyric Opera: US premiere of the 1841 edition of Der Fliegende Holländer
As part of Wagner's bicentenary in 2013, Boston Lyric Opera will premiere, for the first time in the USA, the 1841 critical edition of... Read on →
The METs Ring Cycle: you are free to say what you like - as long as it's nice?
Alberich may not be the only one being bullied by the "Gods" The English speaking opera houses have often had a strained re... Read on →
Like rats leaving a sinking Biogas Plant: Lars Cleveland pulls from Bayreuth Tannhäuser
Kerl as Tannhauser: 2008 Oper Köln First the conductor, now Tannhäuser has pulled out of Sebastian Baumgarten's "controversi... Read on →
Watch: The ENO Flying Dutchman Trailer
Cast Daland: Clive Bayley Senta : Orla Boylan Erik: Stuart Skelton Mary: Susanna Tudor-Thomas Der Steuermann: Robert Murr... Read on →
Olive Fremstad sings Isolde "Mild und leise wie er lächelt"
Alex Ross has just posted the following: "The 'Liebestod' as Fremstad sang it was a paean to annihilation," Samuel Ch... Read on →
Listen to the VSO/Thielemann Ring Cycle, on-demand for 7 days
ORF is presently broadcasting the Thielemann lead Vienna State Opera production of the Ring Cycle from 2011. They began Friday with Rheingol... Read on →
Anna Picard talks to Stuart Skelton
A great, blond bear of an Australian, with a voice of unparalleled beauty and strength, Stuart Skelton has made his career playing the man... Read on →
If you missed tonights MET Walkure you can catch it here on-demand
Should be available for the next 7 days or so. While there are always a number of options from various radio stations I find RTE Lyric ... Read on →
Listen to: Jonathan Harvey's Wagner Dream. BBC Radio 3, 05/05/2012 & 7 days thereafter
UPDATE: NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND FOR 7 DAYS. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN The dying Wagner reflects on his unfinished Buddhist opera, and is reco... Read on →
Tom Service in conversation with Kent & Gardner re ENO's new Dutchman
Tom Service: This, for both of you, is your first professional Wagner production. Is it a good place for Wagner-virgins in the audience to... Read on →
Kaufmann ill, Frank van Aken stands in at METs Walkure
It never rains but it pours for the METs Ring Cycle, so much so, it is sometimes very difficult to keep up. But one could do worse than Van ... Read on →
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