Well worth watching Wagner grew up in the Saxon capital of Dresden, a city steeped in things oriental since the 18th century. By Wagn...
Watch Now: Wagner & Buddhism.
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Simon Callow To Publish New Wagner Biography
Simon Callow will publish a new Wagner biography 27 February 2017. Publishers details, only, available at this stage. The life and lega...
Frieling 's The Ring of the Nibelung: A retelling of Richard Wagner's opera
Newly translated to English. Richard Wagner’s “total work of art,” the monumental, gripping, and fathomlessly deep story of the ring of ...
The Campaign Against Wagner - Professor Derek Hughes. London 23/02/16
A talk by Professor Derek Hughes 23 Feb 2016. 7.30pm St Botolph's Church Hall, Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TL On 11 August 1881, Wa...
Friday, 29 January 2016
Listen Now: Jonas Kaufmann In Discussion
In this edition of Music Matters Tom Service conducts an extended interview with Jonas Kaufmann, From Wagner to Puccini. From Opera to L...
Watch Now: Daniel Barenboim: 'Spaces of dialogue'
David Frost in conversation with Daniel Barenboim. On Wagner, Wagner in Israel, the Middle East, music and his life.
Watch Now: Christian Thielemann Talks Wagner & Strauss
Humanitas Visiting Professor Christian Thielemann is a brilliant and controversial conductor and director of the Bayreuth Festival. In t...
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Unexpected Opera present: The Rinse Cycle
The Ring? In Charing Cross? How could any of us not attend. More at Unexpected Opera “As well as conveying the crucial elements of the ...
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Quote Of The day
Not wishing to turn over a hornets nest but in Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times", Joscelyn Godwin says: ...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
ENO: New Production Of Tristan Und Isolde 2016
"My job is to reinvent those classics..." Daniel Kramer "In 2007, after six years working as a theatre director, the Eng...
Monday, 25 January 2016
Watch Now: Roger Scruton - Wagner and Philosophy
How are Richard Wagner's operas shaped by his interest in philosophy? How can Immanuel Kant's vision of the human condition inform...
New Edition Of The Wagner Journal
A bit late but in case you missed it: The November 2015 issue (vol.9, no.3), now available, contains the following feature articles: •...
Listen Now: Wagner & the Leitmotif In Star Wars
Listen you must. Ignore you should not. Brett Mitchell — Assistant Conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra, and former Assistant Conducto...
Longborough Festival Opera To Present Tannhauser 2016
9-18 June 2016. More at LFO
Rienzi Overture: Giuseppe Sinopoli & Staatskapelle Dresden
From a Gala Concert commemorating the 450 Years of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden at the Semperoper Dresden We dare you not to be...
Sofia Opera To Revive Ring Cycle: May 2016
Sofia Opera is to revive their 2014 complete Ring cycle during May this year. Details below. RICHARD WAGNER - “DER RING DES NIBEL...
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