The first opera by a woman composer?
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The work under consideration here is Francesca Caccini’s Il liberazione di
Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina. Written as a court entertainment in Florence
in 16...
14 hours ago
Wagner's Parsifal and the Challenge to Psychoanalysis
Given the location, the topics and a very fine list of guest speakers, if you can be in London on July 3, its difficult to find a reason n... Read on →
Bayreuth Ring 2016: TV Broadcast Of Entire Cycle
Despite the new online booking at Bayreuth, have you still not been successful in getting tickets for Frank Castorf's "controvers... Read on →
Michael Portillo On Richard Wagner
Text of remarks made by Michael Portillo at the Longborough Festival Opera, Friday 2 July 1999. "Then there’s Mime, the whining and p... Read on →
New Book: Roger Scruton "The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung"
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... Read on →
Watch Now: Wagner & Buddhism.
Well worth watching Wagner grew up in the Saxon capital of Dresden, a city steeped in things oriental since the 18th century. By Wagn... Read on →
Simon Callow To Publish New Wagner Biography
Simon Callow will publish a new Wagner biography 27 February 2017. Publishers details, only, available at this stage. The life and lega... Read on →
Frieling 's The Ring of the Nibelung: A retelling of Richard Wagner's opera
Newly translated to English. Richard Wagner’s “total work of art,” the monumental, gripping, and fathomlessly deep story of the ring of ... Read on →
The Campaign Against Wagner - Professor Derek Hughes. London 23/02/16
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... Read on →
Listen Now: Jonas Kaufmann In Discussion
In this edition of Music Matters Tom Service conducts an extended interview with Jonas Kaufmann, From Wagner to Puccini. From Opera to L... Read on →
Watch Now: Daniel Barenboim: 'Spaces of dialogue'
David Frost in conversation with Daniel Barenboim. On Wagner, Wagner in Israel, the Middle East, music and his life. Read on →
Watch Now: Christian Thielemann Talks Wagner & Strauss
Humanitas Visiting Professor Christian Thielemann is a brilliant and controversial conductor and director of the Bayreuth Festival. In t... Read on →
Unexpected Opera present: The Rinse Cycle
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 ... Read on →
Quote Of The day
Not wishing to turn over a hornets nest but in Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times", Joscelyn Godwin says: ... Read on →
ENO: New Production Of Tristan Und Isolde 2016
"My job is to reinvent those classics..." Daniel Kramer "In 2007, after six years working as a theatre director, the Eng... Read on →
Watch Now: Roger Scruton - Wagner and Philosophy
How are Richard Wagner's operas shaped by his interest in philosophy? How can Immanuel Kant's vision of the human condition inform... Read on →
New Edition Of The Wagner Journal
A bit late but in case you missed it: The November 2015 issue (vol.9, no.3), now available, contains the following feature articles: •... Read on →
Listen Now: Wagner & the Leitmotif In Star Wars
Listen you must. Ignore you should not. Brett Mitchell — Assistant Conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra, and former Assistant Conducto... Read on →
Rienzi Overture: Giuseppe Sinopoli & Staatskapelle Dresden
From a Gala Concert commemorating the 450 Years of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden at the Semperoper Dresden We dare you not to be... Read on →
Sofia Opera To Revive Ring Cycle: May 2016
Sofia Opera is to revive their 2014 complete Ring cycle during May this year. Details below. RICHARD WAGNER - “DER RING DES NIBEL... Read on →
On Wagner & Schoenberg
From: Carl E. Schorske: Fin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture. The nineteenth century saw itself generally as “a century of movement,... Read on →
Free Online Course: The Modern and the Postmodern
Delphin Enjolras. Evening Reading Of possible interest to those with an interest in Wagner. While it doesn't seem to discuss Wagner ... Read on →
Wagner's "Wedding March": Selling 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... Read on →
The Path Of Wagner’s Wotan
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... Read on →
Wagner Transformed
J. Peter Schwalm (born 1970, Frankfurt am Main) is a German composer and music producer, active in the fields of electronic music, ambien... Read on →
The Wagnerians, 2015 - The Results
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... Read on →
The Wagner Scrapbook - 2nd Edition
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... Read on →
Why Defending History is More Important Than Defending Wagner
Out of the ashes came a very different Wagner & a very different history? Originally published, at Think Classical 19 August 2015 S... Read on →
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