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...
16 hours ago
Important Notification. Buy Tickets To Bayreuth 2014 - without waiting and online
This should prove interesting - and perhaps an indicator of the future? Expect problems with the online ticketing service when it goes live... Read on →
Ernest Newman's Wagner Operas Republished As Print And Ebook
Ernest Newman's, perhaps legendary, 1949, "Wagner Operas" (or "Wagner Nights" as some may know it) has once aga... Read on →
New Wagner Book: Richard Wagner A Life in Music - Martin Geck
English Translation - by Stewart Spencer - of Martin Geck's Richard Wagner A Life in Music . One that has been added to our reading list... Read on →
Watch On-demand: Don Carlo. Salzburg, Jonas Kaufmann, et al
Antonio Pappano conductor Peter Stein stage director Ferdinand Wögerbauer set designer Annamaria Heinreich costume designer Joachim Bar... Read on →
Download recordings of all of Wagner's "mature" works - free
Now while this should not be assumed as legal advice, a little explanation, in the simplest of terms: under copyright laws (in most count... Read on →
Pierre Boulez Cancels Lucerne performances
Pierre Boulez has cancelled his two appearances at Lucerne on Sept. 7 and 9. A spokesperson announced that the cancellation was due to Bo... Read on →
Listen Now: Seattle Opera's Ring Cycle Cast - 2013
Kindly provided by Seattle Opera. all performances recorded in rehearsal: There are still a few tickets available. Check here for deta... Read on →
Watch Now: Asher Fisch Discuses The Ring Motifs
Asher Fisch explores the "building blocks" of Siegfried's Funeral March, highlighting Wagner's evocative motifs an... Read on →
Listen Live : Seattle Opera - Der Ring des Nibelungen 2013
This years Seattle Oper's "Green Ring" will be broadcast in its entirety on Classic KING FM. After a few days delay King ... Read on →
Watch Now - On-demand: Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, Salzburg 2013
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... Read on →
New Issue Of Wagner Journal Published
'The bicentenary of Wagner will be celebrated throughout the world (albeit with at least one notable exception), wrote the edit... Read on →
Does Bayreuth Deserve Better?
Frank Castorf reminisces about 80's dance craze "voguing". Eva W feigns ignorance "Castorf is a director who took th... Read on →
Listen Now: Why Wagner May Murder You In Your Bed
Wagnerian in renames site The Portillian shock? The Moral Maze is a radio programme on BBC Radio 4, broadcast since 1990. Four regular ... Read on →
Rick Fulker Concludes His Bayreuth Diary: "This emotion is pure hate."
" Because Castorf won't leave, the audience stands up and starts to. I feel queasy." "...it's clearly the public... Read on →
DVD Release Of The Herheim Parsifal From Bayreuth Cancelled!
Prayers maybe the only way this production sees DVD release One does wonder about business and management decisions being made at Bayr... Read on →
The Wagnerian Recommends
We often receive requests to recommend Rings cycles, Wagner books, etc. For sometime we have considered the best way to try and provide a... Read on →
Frank Castorf tells booing Bayreuth audience, "You're mental mate"
Frank Castorf tells audience, "And you know what you can do 'an all" Oh dear! How etiquette has fallen at Bayreuth. As is... Read on →
First Look: Stefan Herheim's Meistersinger. Its A Load Of Cobblers
A first look at Stefan Herheim's eagerly awaited, Salzburg Festival, Meistersinger: Read on →
Oh Frank What have you done: fellatio, walkouts, machine guns and boos?
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... Read on →
Missed A Bayreuth 2013 Live Broadcast? Then Listen to them here - while you can
Castorf's Rheingold 2013 We normally leave this till all of the performances have been broadcast but demand this year has been so ... Read on →
Listen to: Tristan und Isolde - Prom 19
Tristan und Isolde. Operakoret Given that there are no new broadcasts from Bayreuth today, we thought, should you have missed it, you m... Read on →
Harmonic Analysis: Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, Act I
Harmonic Analysis: Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, Act I - David Bennett Thomas Read on →
Watch Now: Wagner 200 Gala - From Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Festspielhaus May 22, 2013 01. Richard Wagner DIE WALKÜRE, Erster Aufzug Sieglinde : Eva Maria Westbroek Siegmun... Read on →
Just One Day In Bayreuth
Bayreuth veteran Rick Fulker is in the Bavarian town for the new production of Richard Wagner's opera cycle "The Ring of the Nibe... Read on →
Watch Now: Wagner & Verdi. Netrebko, Westbroek , Theorin, Terfel, Gergiev .
Valery Gergiev celebrates the two bicentennials : those of Wagner and Verdi! Valery Gergiev opens this concert with the first act of O... Read on →
Franco de Gemini (September 1928 - July 2013)
The harmonica is the Wagnerian's "weapon of choice" and so, off topic or not: Franco De Gemini, who probably became most ... Read on →
Frank Castorf Admits To Not Really Being A Fan Of Wagner's Music
"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... Read on →
First Full Photos Of Bayreuth's 2013 Ring Cycle
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... Read on →
Spoiler: What Bayreuth's 2013 Ring Really Looks Like
Of course, "unofficial" descriptions have been in the wild for sometime (as indeed the odd photo) but Gramophone have now come ... Read on →
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