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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Riccardo Chailly To Take Over From Barenboim At La Scala?
Riccardo Chailly is to take over from Daniel Barenboim when he steps down as La Scala's Music Director in 2017 - perhaps before. Or s... Read on →
Patrick Carnegy's "Wagner And The Art Of The Theatre" Re-released In Paperback
First published in 2006, Patrick Carnegy's " Wagner And The Art Of The Theatre" has finally been re-released as a far more af... Read on →
Video Lecture 2: Parsifal - As Art And Ideology
Recommended. Again, whether you agree or not. Below, you will also find the complete text of "The Thunder, Perfect Mind. Wagner’... Read on →
Video Lecture: Bayreuth as Bardo: Schlingensief’s Parsifal Production
Ed: Note, much talk of "To Buddhists this means" and "In Buddhism this means...". If you preface this with "Tib... Read on →
Wagner Lecture With Alex Ross: University of Oklahoma - Oct. 18
Should you be in the area, clearly worth attending. Intriguingly titled "Siegfried Dionysus: Wagner, Nietzsche, and the Adoration of... Read on →
Video Interview: Stephanie Blythe.
Bing and Dennis of "Classic Talk", speak with mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe. Read on →
"Lost" Letter From Wagner Goes Up For Auction
We received the following release and thought it might be of interest. Of course, Wagner wrote so many letters that many still occasiona... Read on →
Audio Documentary: Ludwig II of Bavaria
Brian Sewell on his long-standing love of "Mad" King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who built the ultimate fantasy castle at Neuschwa... Read on →
Free Concerts: Verdi & Wagner 200. November, London
Song in the City programmes concerts around imaginative themes, bringing talented singers and pianists to the heart of the Square Mile, in... Read on →
Review: Richard Wagner: A Life In Music. Martin Geck
Review by Lucy Beckett Admiration tempered by judgement Richard Wagner: a life in music Martin Geck, translated by Stewart Spencer Univers... Read on →
New DVD Series: Wagner's Ring: A Tale Told in Music
Emeritus Professor Heath Lees, well known to many with an interest in Wagner, has produced the more than interesting DVD set below. It prov... Read on →
French Media Report Patrice Chéreau Has Died
Very little information available at the moment apart from telling you that the French media is reporting the Patrice Chéreau, director o... Read on →
Wagnerpunk: Patrice Chereau’s Ring Cycle as proto-steampunk?
Edit: Link now fully working. It has been far to long since we presented for your attention one of our Wagner miscellanea articles - a vie... Read on →
A History of Ring Cycle productions. Or: Whatever Became of the Breastplates?
The Valencia Ring, Spain - 2009 Chapter eleven of David Littlejohn's "The Ultimate Art. Essays around and about Opera" (... Read on →
Review: Ipad App - The Wagner Files
Our editor reviews the international version of the German Ipad app, "Wagnerwahn". If at first you don't succeed try another m... Read on →
Classic Brit Awards Shock As Wagner Is Represented - Care Of Kaufmann & Barenboim
"You want me to stand next to...who?" Well, in the case of Kaufmann, it was a special "critics award" (Ed: one assu... Read on →
Wiener Staatsoper To Begin Live Internet Streaming From Autumn 2013
Alas, no details as yet announced as to which "selected" operas will be broadcast. But it at least allows us the excuse to pos... Read on →
Time To Rethink Arts Funding In The USA As NYCO Files For Bankruptcy?
On 12 September, 70 year old New York City Opera stated that it needed $12 million to survive as a company and began a desperate scramble ... Read on →
WAGNER, FREUD AND THE END OF MYTH. Freud Museum, London. With Bryan Magee!
One of the guest speakers is Bryan Magee - author of two of the best books ever written about Wagner: Aspects of Wagner and also Wagner an... Read on →
For The Wagnerite With Everything: Wagner Spoons
We see lots of Wagner related "memorabilia" on auction sites and out of principle we don't normally mention them but thought t... Read on →
Video Preview. SF Opera's New Der Fliegende Holländer
SF Opera's new Dutchman, is a co-production with Opéra Royal de Wallonie and was first staged there in 2011. This means that not onl... Read on →
Watch Now: The Colón Ring - Wagner in Buenos Aires
A fascinating documentary on the making of this, what became "drama filled" production - both on and off the stage. In German... Read on →
Symposium: Wagner & Us. UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE 5–8 DECEMBER 2013
Scheduled to coincide with the performances of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen in Melbourne, 18 November–13 December 2013, the symposium... Read on →
Revolution, and the Re-Founding of Humanity
It never ceases to amaze us where writing on Wagner might turn-up. The following originated on the website People of Shambhala , "... ... Read on →
London's "Other" Ring Cycle To Reach The End
Despite extraordinary odds against it, Fulham Opera will complete its entire, and extraordinary, Ring cycle when Götterdämmerung premieres ... Read on →
Stephen King's Novel "The Shining" To Be Made Into An Opera
We have to admit a guilty secret, some of us are Stephen King fans. We are also Stanley Kubrick fans (even if King was not necessarily a f... Read on →-Chris-Merritt-(Aron)-Photo-A.T.-Schaefer-11.jpg_0.jpg)
Sir John Tomlinson Makes Debut With WNO
Following the tragic death of Richard Angas in August this year, it has been announced that Sir John Tomlinson will now be singing the ro... Read on →
The Ring Cycle In 2.5 Minutes
Ever wanted to know the story of Wagner's 15-hour Ring Cycle? Here it is in two and a half minutes. Read on →
Pope Says Catholic Church Should Not be 'Obsessed' with Gays & then cites Wagner.
In a recent interview Pope Francis' may have further aggravated, most likely a minority, of extreme right-wingers in many churches, w... Read on →
Rare Photos Of Bayreuth 1960
Conductor and artistic director at Bangkok Opera, Somtow Sucharitkul, has made the photographs below available at his Facebook page (click... Read on →
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