As regular readers will know, I am not against those who analyse Wagner in a "negative" manner. However, the arguments made by ...
Why Thomas Adès considers Wagner to be a "fungus"
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Twilight of the Gods: MET/Lepage Ring released on CD. Listen here
We have already mentioned it but for those that may have missed it: a 2 disc highlight CD. As anyone who has experienced opera live, the...
Janowski Tristan und Isolde to be released 30/10. Nina Stemme, & Stephen Gould,
This is the one part of this continuing series we can say we have really been waiting to hear. Available as a 3 SA-CD set and also as ...
Whose Wagner recordings would Christian Thielemann recommend you listen to?
No, we believe his mom does not cut his hair Would it surprise you to learn: Krauss, Knappertsbusch, and Karajan but not Furtwangler - ...
Wagner to feature on new 10 Euro Coin
Considering how much of his life he spent in poverty and certainly on the run from creditors (would The Dutchman be the same opera if not...
Gramophone Opera Of The Year: Fidelio - Stemme; Kaufmann; Abbado. LFO
Seems to be a very good year for Abbado: Beethoven Fidelio Stemme; Kaufmann; Lucerne Festival Orchestra / Claudio Abbado Decca 478 2551D...
Claudio Abbado wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Announced today by Grammophone, who have also awarded his Bruckner 5 with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra DVD, Performance of the year. F...
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Ian Storey as Siegfried - Proms Ring Cycle 2013
That forest bird has been back again: Ian will perform Siegfried - but only in Götterdämmerung - on July 28. Or so she tells us. ...
Simon O'Neill as Siegmund: Proms 2013 with Berlin Staatskapelle/Barenboim
The heading says it all really, but we thought we would provide another piece of information to what must be the worst kept secret in Pr...
“Unresolved Desires,” an afternoon of Wagner - Oct 21. NY
What better way to spend a wet afternoon in NY at the end of October? Analog Arts presents “Unresolved Desires,” an afternoon of iconic ...
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Listen to: Nina Stemme, Ian Storey, Donald Runnicles & SSO: Tristan und Isolde
Part of the Scottish Symphony Orchestras Tristan und Isolde concert performance between now and April 2013, BBC Radio 3 will be broadcas...
Free live video broadcast: Yannis Kokkos' production of Tristan und Isolde - 30/09/12
I have already gone into some detail about Wide Open Opera 's production of Tristan und Isolde this month - Ireland's first in 4...
Monday, 24 September 2012
Isolde Comes Home: Ireland's first Tristan in 49 years. Sept - Oct 2012
Its hard to imagine that Tristan has not been performed in Ireland for nearly 50 years - indeed there has been no Wagner performed there s...
Friday, 21 September 2012
Anna Netrebko to perform in Lohengrin with Thielemann. And then Bayreuth?
There had been, of course, some rumors (well more than rumors but you know what we mean) for sometime but it is now confirmed - as brought...
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Video: François Girard talks about his MET Parsifal
MET in HD: March 2, 2013, 9 am. Jonas Kaufmann stars in the title role François Girard's new vision for Wagner's final masterpi...
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
René Pape’s 2012-13 Season
René Pape’s 2012-13 Season Offers Recital Debut at La Scala; Wotan in Berlin; Plus Solti Centennial Concerts in New York & Chicago 13 ...
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
ROH unveils 2012/13 season trailer - but who needs opera?
Its an Opera house - honest. Some people accuse us of giving London's two big house's "a hard time" but honestly we ar...
Glyndebourne to release Meistersinger on CD in 2013
As readers will be aware, Glyndebourne released - through Opus Arte - last years Meistersinger on both DVD and Blu-ray this month. As quickl...
Wagner at the Gramophone awards 2012 - Spotlight: Rene Pape - Wagner Scenes
I must admit to liking this CD - a lot. And not only does one get Pape, but Barenboim and Domingo too. Wagner Scenes René Pape ...
Georg Solti: the making of a musical colossus
An article from the Guardian wherein Ed Vulliamy dicusses, in some detail, Solti's career and talks to Lady Valerie Solti In Febru...
Bryn Terfel to perform as Wotan with MSO in Sir Andrew Davis' 2013 Gala
Next April the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Sir Andrew Davis ’ official return to Australia as its Chief Conductor with an ...
Monday, 17 September 2012
A brief docu (in Eng): Salzburg Marionette Theater's Ring Cycle
Now confirmed to be revived in 2013. For the first time in its history the Salzburg Marionette Theatre will stage works by Richard Wagner....
Glyndebourne Die Meistersinger released on DVD & Bluray
Details from Opus Arte below (Alas, their website seems to be down for maintenance at the moment) David McVicar's production -...
Sunday, 16 September 2012
Watch Now: Robert Lepage and Peter Gelb discuss MET's Ring. (2 hrs)
Robert Lepage is the 2012 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts recipient. This event offered a fascinating glimpse into Lepage's thinkin...
New Wagner Book: Wagner and Tolkien: Mythmakers
Details as received from the publisher (Published 20 June 2012): Both Rings were round and there the resemblance ceases", wrote J.R...
Friday, 14 September 2012
Find The Wagnerian on Google Plus
I have had this for a little while but hardly used it. However, it does now update from here so, if you are interested you can "f...
Thursday, 13 September 2012
The Wagners Speak: Dutchman at the cinema, Castorf is great and no tickets for Wagner Societies
Katharina Wagner, is giving interviews again. You can read the full interview - in German alas - here. However, while there is much to b...
Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Ben Heppner withdraws as Captain Ahab, Jay Hunter Morris steps in
Having heard Ben give one of his finest Tristan's in many years recently (I will produce a review shortly - if a late one) one hopes tha...
Sir John Tomlinson: The Narrations of Gurnemanz and Wotan's Journey' - A Recital
Sir John Tomlinson: The Narrations of Gurnemanz and Wotan's Journey' - A Recital A recital by Sir John Tomlinson, accompanied ...
Wagner at the Gramophone awards 2012 - Spotlight: Daniel Barenboim
Nominated as one of 2012's Artists Of The Year, we cast a spotlight on his Wagnerian career - in music words and vision (if you have S...
Monday, 10 September 2012
The Wagnerian's guide to Wagner at the Gramophone Awards 2012
Yes, its that time of year yet again, and while this years Gramophone awards contains many worthy nominations (the full list of nomination...
Saturday, 8 September 2012
Thomas Forrest Kelly discuses The Ring Cycle
Ahead of the PBS broadcast of the MET Ring Cycle, "Radio West" recorded the following program wherein Harvard professor of Mu...
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Watch Now: Requiem - Berlioz. Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin opens the Orchestre national de Lyon's 2012-2013 – his second one as the orchestra's music director – with the Requi...
Monday, 3 September 2012
The Wagner Sisters talk: Or why you wouldn't go to see Tannhauser if it wasn't full of (bio) gas
The Wagners - they admit they don't meet up that often. "When shall we two meet again? In thunder, lightening or in rain?" ...
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