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AT THE SHRINE OF ST. WAGNER : Mark Twain 1891

I find more people who have quoted or mentioned Twain's essay then have read it and thus for the curious, in its entirety The Wagnerian ...
Wagner on Beethoven

Brought about by listening to Wagner's piano transcript of Beethoven's 9th (below should you have access to Spotify). I think it ...
The Psychopathology of Richard Wagner: Daniel John Carroll

Below is the first in a series of papers from Wagner scholar Daniel J Carroll (I include Daniel's brief bio below). In what follows, he...
A History of Ring Cycle productions. Or: Whatever Became of the Breastplates?

The Valencia Ring, Spain - 2009 Chapter eleven of David Littlejohn's "The Ultimate Art. Essays around and about Opera" (...
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...
Nuremberg Used and Abused: The true and imagined Nuremberg of Wagner and others

Thomas Stewart "Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!" "Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn! Madness! Madness! Everywhere madness...
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...
Tannhauser: Pilgrims Chorus & Finale

Two productions: Bayreuth and the MET. Not picked specifically because they were "traditional" stagings but because they ...
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...
Is Richard Wagner the Most Controversial and Influential Composer Ever?

We didn't choose the title, indeed edited it. Ignore some of the inanities of the introduction then read Alex Ross attempt to bring som...

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Beethoven and Shostakovich - Wednesday’s lunchtime concert at Heliconian Hall; part of Toronto Summer Music, featured two pieces of chamber music by Beethoven and Shostakovich. The fir...
1 day ago
Boulezian

Bayreuth Festival (3) - Der fliegende Holländer, 29 July 2026 - Festspielhaus Daland – Mika Kares Senta – Elisabeth Teige Erik – Benjamin Bruns Mary – Nadine Weissmann Steersman – Kieran Carrel The Dutchman – Nicho...
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I HEAR VOICES

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MIAMI ☼ CLÁSICA

Merci, Anne-Sofie - There are still artists whose greatness lies not merely in the excellence of their performances, but in their ability to reinvent themselves without ever b...
3 days ago
Art and Abart

Fifa World Cup Finals - The final game, Spain vs Argentina, with Spain looking to be the best team by far. By extended time I was desperate for my early morning walk. As I went o...
1 week ago
Wagner & Heavy Metal - Blog

ORBI — The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments - With ORBI, bassoon, double bass, Hammond organ and percussion collide in a fearless mix of classical music, progressive rock, metal and film scores that ig...
2 months ago
Where's Runnicles

Favourite Lenses: Why I keep coming back to the Sigma 45mm - [image: Black and White photo of the Barbican Centre] *Barbican light and shadow* For my first post in over seven years, I'm taking a bit of a new direct...
6 months ago
The Wagner Blog

NY Wagner Society Announces Auditions for Grants - The Wagner Society of New York has, for many years, awarded grants to young singers whose gifts and talents indicate that they may have a future in the Wag...
1 year ago
Sacrifice

The Future - Today is Nostradomus day.These are my predictions for the coming year (I hoope I'm wrong)> First, Trump will begin the roundup and deportaton anyone he ded...
1 year ago
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

Lahti - I am in Lahti, Finland, to give a talk at the Lahti Symphony's Sibelius Festival. I've been wanting to visit since I encountered Osmo Vänskä's revelatory B...
2 years ago
Unpredictable Inevitability

フェラ友の作り方 - 公園で彼氏のあれをフェラしているところを異性の友達 …
4 years ago
Think Classical

Fake Quotes on Gun Control Attributed to National Socialists - This blog post by American academic in media studies, Professor Randall Bytwerk, on fake and apocryphal quotes often attributed to leading figures in the ...
7 years ago
Wagner's Ring | A Ring of the Nibelung Resource

Royal Opera House announces Ring Cycles for 2018! - Very excited by this announcement. Must start saving now…. ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT Four full cycles performed September–November 2018 The 2018/19 Season open...
9 years ago
Wotan At The Movies

Leonard Simon Nimoy March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015 - A very sad day. "I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be he...
11 years ago
Wagner Tripping

The Final Post: Understanding and Forgiveness for All - I began this blog a year ago with the aim of resolving the cognitive dissonance between my love of Wagner’s music with his reputation as a monster. I start...
12 years ago

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