Heinrich von Kleist Originally published in New Left Review in 2000, Michael Marr investigates Wagner, his uncle Adolph and the possibl...
The origin of Tristan und Isolde lies not in Schopenhauer but Kleist?
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
The Geneva Festival Wagner : 1813-2013
Anyone unaware of the special place reserved for Switzerland in Richard Wagner’s life and the subtle set of influences the country brought ...
LUCERNE FESTIVAL 2013 - A new Ring Cycle
Revolution! LUCERNE FESTIVAL celebrates its 75th anniversary! In 1938 the Festival, which operated under the name of “Internationale Mu...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Video: Opera North, Ring - Walkure - Documentary
Pera North is staging Wagner's epic Ring cycle over 4 years. This documentary follows the preparations for Die Walküre, the second...
Monday, 29 October 2012
Video: Keith Warner in conversation with Kasper Holten - ROH Ring
In this interview, Keith speaks about his career, what inspired his production of Richard Wagner's masterwork and how he tackled su...
Sunday, 28 October 2012
The Wagnerian Reviews: The Sorcerer of Bayreuth
Recently, regular contributor Daniel Carroll reviewed Barry Millington's new Wagner book: The Sorcerer of Bayreuth: Richard Wagner, Hi...
Saturday, 27 October 2012
Read Now: Wagner At Home - Judith Gautier.
"Chère, I am sad! There is another reception this evening, but I shall not be going to it! I reread a few pages of my life which I on...
"Inside The RIng": month long Wagner festival. UK 2013
As London closes its Wagner 200 events, the interested UK (and international) "Ring Follower" need not worry as a further series ...
Two rings to rule them all: a comparative study of Tolkien and Wagner
The following excellent and highly accessible paper acts as a comparative analysis (with a thesis we think highly original) of both Wagner a...
Katharina Wagner: "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" but she won't be back anytime soon
"Don't Cry For Me Argentina" "It won't be easy You'll think it strange When I try to explain how I feel...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
A Collection Of Free Wagner Ebooks
As has been often mentioned, Wagner is one of the most written about composers in history - and this is not a new phenomenon but began...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Alberic Magnard: The French Wagner, Bruckner, Mahler or something else?
Magnard, for those that know him (and for some unknown reason that is too few) he has been called all of the above - or in the case of Mah...
Monday, 22 October 2012
The Janowski Studio Ring - an overview
Readers may have realised by now that our taste in performances can be on occasion "idiosyncratic". This is probably no more so ...
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Free Ebook: Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Vol 1&2 Epub, Kindle, etc
"Two principal motives of my myth therefore remain to be represented, both of which are hinted at in "Young Siegfried", the f...
The Wagnerian: Now available on Ipad, Android and more
The Wagnerian on Ipad We have added The Wagnerian to the Google Android/Apple App "Google Currents" - See images below. Thi...
Book Review: The Sorcerer of Bayreuth: - Barry Millington
Regular contributor Daniel Carroll reviews Barry Millington's new Wagner book: The Sorcerer of Bayreuth: Richard Wagner, His Work, and ...
Listen On-demand: Tristan - Stemme, Franz, Connolly, etc
Recorded and transmitted by Radio France Musique it is still available on their site. Normally available for 7 days it is always difficult t...
Gergiev: "I never think about Bayreuth in particular. We have our own Bayreuth"
In a fascinating interview with DW, Valery Gergiev discussed Mariinsky 's Wagner events in 2013, why he gives Bayreuth little thought, ...
London 2013 becomes Wagner 200
2013 will see a wide variety of Wagner events throughout the world, in London this will include Wagner 200 a wide-ranging, London-based ...
Why did Katharina Wagner leave her Teatro Colon Ring?
Katharina arrives at the Bayreuth opening 2012: Arriving in an Audi sponsored VIP Car We have now heard two sides to this story: K Wag...
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Director of Teatro Colón responds to Katharina Wagner's "walkout"
García Caffi: "I only thought she'd popped out for a pint of milk!" As previously reported Katharina Wagner arrived a...
Video: An introduction to Tristan und Isolde - with Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet.
A collaboration between the Santa Fe Concert Association and the Wagner Society of Santa Fe with special guest, soprano Jeanne-Michèle ...
Met "opera on demand" to add Lepage Ring Cycle on Oct 30
If you have not managed to catch Lepage's "controversial" Ring Cycle yet - either live, at the cinema, on DVD or on TV - you c...
A Ring Cycle cancelled? Katharina Wagner picks up her Ring and goes home
Waiting for the phone to ring? As Wagner arrives back in Bayreuth after only one day in Argentina she tells reporters: " Bayreuth w...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Video Preview: San Francisco Opera - Lohengrin
From Rehersals: Lohengrin, 2012. San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Nicola Luisotti.
San Francisco Opera's new Lohengrin opens October 20
Brandon Jovanovich Photo by Terrence McCarthy. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA PRESENTS WAGNER’S LOHENGRIN STARRING BRANDON JOVANOVICH IN THE...
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