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...
18 hours ago
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Wagner on Bakunin vs Bakunin on Wagner
Reading a biography of revolutionary anarchist Mikhail Bakunin, our editor came across a discussion that, in the last few days of his l... Read on →
A Letter From Thomas Mann To Theodor Adorno - Re Wagner
THOMAS MANN TO THEODOR W. ADORNO ZURICH, 30–31.10.1952 Dear Dr Adorno, ‘However, if a decadent society develops the seeds of the ... Read on →
Watch Now: Alex Ross And The Wagner Legacy
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Originally posted Sept 2015 Recently, looking for a video of the great Donald Lambert's Pilgrims Chorus (See the ... Read on →
Free Kindle Ebook: Ferdinand Praeger's "Wagner As I knew Him"
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Originally published - July 2013 The famous (or infamous -, depending on how you look at it) Ferdinand Praeger book... Read on →
We Need Your Help To Choose The Best Ring Cycle On DVD
We need your help again. This year we would like to run a readers vote of what you consider to be the best entire Ring Cycle on video - DVD... Read on →
Listen Now: Bayreuth Parsifal 2016 - On-Demand
As usual, there are a number of sources to listen to this year's Bayreuth Parsifal after its broadcast. In our opinion clicking on t... Read on →
Eric Laufenberg Explains The Meaning Of His Parsifal
In a recent interview with DW, Eric Laufenberg had this to say about his interpretation of Parsifal: This piece basically focuses on th... Read on →
Bayreuth: Parsifal 2016 - Some Thoughts
Yesterday, at the end of act one of Eric Laufenberg's new prodcution of Parsifal. I applauded louder than perhaps I have done for a lo... Read on →
Wagner Quote Of The Week: Nietzsche
"Through Wagner modernity speaks most intimately, concealing neither its good nor its evil—having forgotten all sense of shame.... Read on →
You Can Still Buy Tickets To This Year's Bayreuth Ring
There was a time, not that very long ago, when you might have to wait for up to ten years for tickets to Bayrueth. This was especially so fo... Read on →
Where To Hear This Years Bayreuth Festival
A little late again (Ed: Yes. Seems you have to do things yourself around here to get anything done) but please find below a list of l... Read on →
Watch The Premiere Of The Bayreuth Parsifal - Free
As more attentive readers will be aware, Bayreuth will be broadcasting the entire Ring cycle free this year on Sky Arts. However, you may... Read on →
Deconstruction and the Modern Bayreuth Festival
The Wagner Journal has, kindly made available for free, an extended essay by Edward A. & Paula M. Bortnichak on the current production... Read on →
New Issue Of The Wagner Journal
The July 2016 issue (vol.10, no.2), now available, contains the following feature articles: • 'The "Missing Link" in the ... Read on →
To The People Of France And To The Rest Of Us
30 years ago or so, I would not have felt compelled to write as much of this as I am about to. The reason was simple: what has happened i... Read on →
Watch Now: Die Walkure. Dutch National Opera. Haenchen
Again, brought to us by T he Opera Platform Richard Wagner: DIE WALKÜRE (The Valkyrie) Opera in three acts Performed by the Dutch Nati... Read on →
Watch Now: Parsifal. Adam Fischer At Wiener Staatsoper
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Katharina Wagner's Tristan Now On DVD
Katharina Wagner's 2015 production of Tristan und Isolde is now available on DVD and Blu-ray from DG. Details below Read on →
Scandals in Bayreuth: A brief history of cancelations at the Wagner Festival
It was a last-minute upset, but not unusual for the Bayreuth Festival. Conductor Andris Nelsons called off his opening night performan... Read on →
Listen To Opera North's Ring Cycle - On Demand
Complete cycle has now been broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and will be available for the next 27 days. To listen, click the relevant link below... Read on →
Watch Glyndebourne’s Meistersinger - Free
You will have to visit the Telegraph to do so, but it will be available live from 5.30pm (UK time) Tuesday 12 July and then on demand f... Read on →
Black Mountain - A Reinterpretation Of Parsifal
Nicholas Mockridge, from the artists collective known as "Like a Wild Beast’s Fur,” directed Black Mountain - a short, experimental ... Read on →
R Scruton: What Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle teaches us about love and politics
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As its Mahler's birthday
Mahler, the 9th, Abbado and Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Happy birthday. "All Mahler symphonies look back nostalgically to the inn... Read on →
Paris and the Awakening of Wagner's Nationalism
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Listen Now: Roger Scruton On Why Wagner Matters
Roger Scruton discuses his new book "The Ring Of Truth: The Wisdom Of Wagner's Ring Of The Nibelung" with Tom Service on ... Read on →
Watch Now: Richard Wagner and the Third Reich
A very interesting, two hour talk from Derek Williams, given at the Wagner Society of Scotland on April 3, 2016, Mr Williams has also very... Read on →
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 →
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