Available till match 2019. We rather enjoyed this. Cast: The Dutchman: Egils Siliņš Senta, Daland's daughter: Vida Mikne...
Watch Now: The Flying Dutchman. Latvian National Opera and Ballet (Eng Subs)
Saturday, 5 January 2019
Richard Wagner - Power, Sex And Revolution
It would seem the BBC has once again, made Paul Mason's 2013 Radio 4 documentary available for free, on-demand listening. Details be...
LFO To Begin A New Ring Cycle In 2019
Longborough Festival Opera will continue its strong tradition of annual Wagner productions with its second Ring cycle, to begin with, Rh...
Tuesday, 25 December 2018
A Wagnerian of the Past Remains Unmatched in 'Parsifal'
An article in the New York Times from 1993. The conductor Hans Knappertsbusch had an unmatched way with Wagner's "Parsifal....
Monday, 24 December 2018
A Happy Wagnerian Christmas
In these trying times our daily chats and communication with our readers, either via email here, or on twitter or facebook, are a consta...
Monday, 17 December 2018
New Wagner Book: The Trouble With Wagner
There is a long line of Wagner books to be reviewed. We have this and will attempt to do so. In the meantime, this is from the publisher. ...
Watch Now: Prelude to Tristan und Isolde Arranged By Terje Tønnesen
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Terje Tønnesen, conductor. We greatly enjoy chamber arrangements of Tristan. This one is worth your atten...
A Must See: A Brief Introduction To Der Ring des Nibelungen
If this doesn't make you want to pop on your favourite Ring on CD, DVD or travel the world to see it live, nothing will. A brie...
Wagner's Life In Miniature
A Wagner biography in one and a half minutes?
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Watch Now: Birgit Nilsson 100 Years
Tonight we are feeling hopeful for the future of a united humanity. A time where we may, eventually perhaps, see our species have a respec...
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
An Interview With Allan Leicht. Author Of "My Parsifal Conductor"
We recently had the opportunity to catch-up with Allan Leicht, the Emmy award-winning author of the unusual, off-Broadway play "My...
Friday, 14 September 2018
A New Wagnerian Music Friday
We see this sort of hashtag trending frequently on social media and so thought, we might try something new. Its debatable whether these ...
Listen Now: Jonas Kaufmann Discusses Tristan and Performing The Role In Full In Three Years
Or at least he hopes to perform the role in full in three or so years time. But given how far ahead performers like Kaufmann are booked ...
Monday, 3 September 2018
The Jury Is In: Spotify, Tidal Or Qobuz. Which One Is The Best
Part one is here, offering an overview of streaming services Part two looks at Tidal's features in detail here Part three looks at Q...
Saturday, 1 September 2018
Spotify, Tidal & Qobuz: A Comparison & Review. Part Three: Qobuz
Despite not being as well known, Qobuz has been around longer than not only Tidal but even Spotify, A French company, it launched in 2007...
Friday, 31 August 2018
Spotify, Tidal & Qobuz: A Comparison & Review. Part Two: Tidal
Tidal Tidal is, or at least was a Norwegian company. Launching in 2014, it is one of the newest of the streaming services and yet one of...
Spotify, Tidal & Qobuz: A Comparison & Review. Part One
We have been looking at Spotify alternative, streaming services. Those that stream, but in "CD quality - or above. As the Wagnerian ...
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Update: Wagner Goes On Broadway: Comedy "My Parsifal Conductor"
EDIT: We had the opportunity to catch up with the author just prior to the play's premiere. We should be publishing this in the next f...
Sunday, 5 August 2018
Even Wagner Made The Odd Typo.
Editing a few posts recently, to remove the odd typo - one or two a little embarrassing - we were reminded of the letter below from Wagner...
Friday, 3 August 2018
Catch-up: Listen To Bayreuth 2018 - On-Demand
If you missed this year's Bayreuth live broadcasts you can still catch-up, on demand. Some of these are from BR Klassik. For these s...
Saturday, 28 July 2018
Watch Now: 30 Minutes Of Bayreuth's New Lohengrin. 2018. Recommended
We have been enjoying, greatly, new productions from Bayreuth these last few years and Yuval Sharon's Lohengrin is no exception. I...
Friday, 27 July 2018
Mini Documentary:Tristan Und Isolde. ENO 1981
Fascinating! Includes an interview with the extraordinary Linda Esther Gray. Broadcast as part of Newsnight August 1981: Sir Reginald Go...
Thursday, 26 July 2018
If you Missed It, Listen To The New Bayreuth Lohengrin Here
Lest you missed it or would like to listen again. Click the link, a new page will appear and then click the play icon. We include som...
Tuesday, 24 July 2018
What's So Special About The Bayreuth Festival
To get you "in the mood" for the first day of the Festival tomorrow, 25 July, a little video overview from DW
Sunday, 22 July 2018
How & When To Watch Bayreuth's New Production Of Lohengrin Online - For Free
Edit : We have been informed that this year's live broadcast may be geo-restricted to viewers in Germany. If so, shame and bad f...
Saturday, 21 July 2018
Where To Listen To This Years Bayreuth Festival Online: 2018
It's nearly that time; festival "madness" from Bayreuth. If you are unsure where or when to listen, to the individual, pro...
Friday, 6 July 2018
Piotr Beczala Rides In On A Swan To Rescue A Distressed Bayreuth
It was less than a week ago when Roberto Alagna's manager informed the Bayreuth festival that the tenor would not be able to perform...
Sunday, 24 June 2018
Bayreuth To Digitize Richard Wagner Archive And Make Available To All
Historically, gaining access to the Richard Wagner Archive has been a somewhat difficult process for the none academic. Indeed, as it ne...
Sunday, 17 June 2018
The Ring, Or Wagner as Scam Artist
The world of Wagner criticism is a strange place. At the periphery of the media, and the internet, it's an even stranger place. Indeed...
Monday, 30 April 2018
New Issue Of The Wagner Journal Available
‘Kindred Spirits of Meiningen and Bayreuth‘ by Edward A. Bortnichak and Paula M. Bortnichak • ‘Turning the Telescope Round‘ [article ...
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