You may have noticed the minor revamp around here. That is minor if you're viewing this on one of those old-fashioned things. You know? ...
Monday, 5 October 2026
New Ring Cycle Guide From Apple Music Classical
We have sat through enough Ring cycles to know that the choice of recording is half the battle, and in this case Apple Music Classical has d...
Sunday, 4 October 2026
Sofia Up For An "Opera Oscar", Plus The Meistersinger Puccini Cut
The Sofia Opera’s Wagner Festival has been nominated for the International Opera Awards, a distinction the house seems to have earned throu...
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
The 2026 Opus Klassik Awards: Kaufmann Brings Wagnerian Heft to Schubert
By Charles P Arden 24 June 2026 The Opus Klassik jury has once again descended from the mountain to deliver its annual verdicts on the stat...
The Longborough Twilight: A Minimalist Triumph
There is something inherently Wagnerian about the Longborough Festival Theatre. Tucked away in the Cotswolds, its converted-shed dimensions ...
Wednesday, 6 August 2025
A New Vorspiel: The Wagnerian Joins Substack
A note to all our readers and fellow pilgrims on the Wagnerian journey: The Wagnerian is now on Substack. You can find us here: thewagnerian...
Fred's Final Plea: Help Us Weave the Threads of Fate!
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Hello again, dear readers, Well, it seems I’ve had a rather sobering observation to share. It's come to my attention that our presence o...
Friday, 1 August 2025
The Ring of the Nibelung in a New Frame: P. Craig Russell's Graphic Adaptation
In the vast and ever-expanding universe of Wagnerian scholarship and reception, a curious and compelling phenomenon has emerged: the graphi...
Thursday, 31 July 2025
The Ring For Beginners 1a: Under The Surface. Beyond the Gold: Unearthing the Political, Philosophical, and Spiritual Foundations of Das Rheingold."
For the novice approaching Wagner's monumental Ring cycle, Das Rheingold can appear as a magnificent and bewildering tapestry of gods,...
The Ring for Beginners: Part Two, Die Walküre—The Human Heart of the Ring
Part Two: Die Walküre —The Human Heart of the Ring You've made it through the "Preliminary Evening" and now you're ready f...
A Village Forges a Ring of its Own: The West Malvern Social Club Takes on Wagner
ED: Sadly, we believe tickets are sold out. But it might be worth contacting them for any returns. The colossal scale of Wagner's Ring ...
The Wagner Journal: July 2025 Issue Arrives with Scholarly Depth and a Digital Leap
The July 2025 issue of The Wagner Journal (Vol. 19, No. 2) has landed, offering its customary blend of rigorous scholarship and critical in...
Saturday, 26 July 2025
Bayreuth's Enduring Gravitas: Chancellors Converge on the Green Hill
From: Charles P Arden The hallowed Green Hill of Bayreuth once again opened its gates, not only to the ardent devotees of Richard Wagner b...
Saturday, 19 July 2025
The Ring for Beginners: Part One – The Rhinegold Unveiled (Your First Steps into Wagner's Epic Cycle)
This is the first instalment in what promises to be at least a four-part series, designed specifically as an accessible introduction to Ri...
Sir Roger Norrington (1934-2025): An Unflinching Ear for Wagner
The news of Sir Roger Norrington’s passing yesterday, July 18, 2025, at 91 years of age, resonates profoundly throughout the classical music...
Returning to the Rhine: Revisiting Radiolab's "The Ring and I"
It's a rare delight to unearth a forgotten treasure, and we are thrilled to report that one such gem from our archives is making a trium...
A Grand Overture on Instagram!
Our dearest readers, It is with a flourish of trumpets (and perhaps a mischievous glint in the eye, much like Beckmesser himself, though wit...
Munich's 150th Festival: Myth, Masters & the Ring Cycle
The 150th Munich Opera Festival, under the direction of Serge Dorny , is designed as a thematically coherent 'micro-season,' unified...
Friday, 18 July 2025
Wagner's Quiet Proms: A Scrutiny of the 2025 Lineup
As always, a thorough review of the 2025 BBC Proms schedule has been conducted to ascertain the presence of works connected to the Bayreuth ...
An Important Announcement (and a Spot of Trouble in the Digital Realm)
Well, hello there, fellow Wagnerians! Fred here, penning a quick note from the (presently slightly frazzled) digital heart of The Wagnerian....
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
New releases: Jonas Kaufmann's Decca Decade Unearthed
For aficionados of the German operatic tradition, the release of "Jonas Kaufmann – The Decca Recordings," a limited edition 15-CD ...
Siegfried Takes Centre Stage: Sydney Symphony Continues Ring Cycle in 2025, Götterdämmerung Expected in 2026
Sydney's musical calendar continues to feature the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's concert presentation of Richard Wagner's Ring C...
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Atlanta Opera to Present Götterdämmerung in 2026
By Charles P Arden The Atlanta Opera is preparing to conclude its Ring cycle with Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung . This production ma...
The Flying Dutchman: A Striking Production at Des Moines Metro Opera
The Little Village Mag tells us that The Des Moines Metro Opera delivered a compelling rendition of Richard Wagner's The Flying Dutchma...
Monday, 14 July 2025
The Sonic Esotericism: Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk and the Unveiling of Modern Art
Fantin-Latour In this, the inaugural piece of a multi-part series exploring Richard Wagner's profound influence on early 20th-century ar...
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