T & I take a break According to some critics its bad enough that Wagner makes the audience wait till the final act for the drama...
Tristan Und Isolde Must Wait Even Longer
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Important Notification. Buy Tickets To Bayreuth 2014 - without waiting and online
This should prove interesting - and perhaps an indicator of the future? Expect problems with the online ticketing service when it goes live...
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Ernest Newman's Wagner Operas Republished As Print And Ebook
Ernest Newman's, perhaps legendary, 1949, "Wagner Operas" (or "Wagner Nights" as some may know it) has once aga...
New Wagner Book: Richard Wagner A Life in Music - Martin Geck
English Translation - by Stewart Spencer - of Martin Geck's Richard Wagner A Life in Music . One that has been added to our reading list...
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Watch On-demand: Don Carlo. Salzburg, Jonas Kaufmann, et al
Antonio Pappano conductor Peter Stein stage director Ferdinand Wögerbauer set designer Annamaria Heinreich costume designer Joachim Bar...
Saturday, 10 August 2013
Download recordings of all of Wagner's "mature" works - free
Now while this should not be assumed as legal advice, a little explanation, in the simplest of terms: under copyright laws (in most count...
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Pierre Boulez Cancels Lucerne performances
Pierre Boulez has cancelled his two appearances at Lucerne on Sept. 7 and 9. A spokesperson announced that the cancellation was due to Bo...
Listen Now: Seattle Opera's Ring Cycle Cast - 2013
Kindly provided by Seattle Opera. all performances recorded in rehearsal: There are still a few tickets available. Check here for deta...
Watch Now: Asher Fisch Discuses The Ring Motifs
Asher Fisch explores the "building blocks" of Siegfried's Funeral March, highlighting Wagner's evocative motifs an...
Listen Live : Seattle Opera - Der Ring des Nibelungen 2013
This years Seattle Oper's "Green Ring" will be broadcast in its entirety on Classic KING FM. After a few days delay King ...
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Watch Now - On-demand: Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, Salzburg 2013
Made available by 3Sat. Catch it while you can - it won't stay up for long. It is, as expected, very Stefan Herheim. Daniele Gatt...
New Issue Of Wagner Journal Published
'The bicentenary of Wagner will be celebrated throughout the world (albeit with at least one notable exception), wrote the edit...
Friday, 2 August 2013
Does Bayreuth Deserve Better?
Frank Castorf reminisces about 80's dance craze "voguing". Eva W feigns ignorance "Castorf is a director who took th...
Listen Now: Why Wagner May Murder You In Your Bed
Wagnerian in renames site The Portillian shock? The Moral Maze is a radio programme on BBC Radio 4, broadcast since 1990. Four regular ...
Rick Fulker Concludes His Bayreuth Diary: "This emotion is pure hate."
" Because Castorf won't leave, the audience stands up and starts to. I feel queasy." "...it's clearly the public...
Thursday, 1 August 2013
DVD Release Of The Herheim Parsifal From Bayreuth Cancelled!
Prayers maybe the only way this production sees DVD release One does wonder about business and management decisions being made at Bayr...
The Wagnerian Recommends
We often receive requests to recommend Rings cycles, Wagner books, etc. For sometime we have considered the best way to try and provide a...
Frank Castorf tells booing Bayreuth audience, "You're mental mate"
Frank Castorf tells audience, "And you know what you can do 'an all" Oh dear! How etiquette has fallen at Bayreuth. As is...
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
First Look: Stefan Herheim's Meistersinger. Its A Load Of Cobblers
A first look at Stefan Herheim's eagerly awaited, Salzburg Festival, Meistersinger:
Oh Frank What have you done: fellatio, walkouts, machine guns and boos?
Critics and the present day Bayreuth audience are a fickle bunch it would seem. You see, despite the odd boo and some reports to the contrar...
Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Missed A Bayreuth 2013 Live Broadcast? Then Listen to them here - while you can
Castorf's Rheingold 2013 We normally leave this till all of the performances have been broadcast but demand this year has been so ...
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Listen to: Tristan und Isolde - Prom 19
Tristan und Isolde. Operakoret Given that there are no new broadcasts from Bayreuth today, we thought, should you have missed it, you m...
Harmonic Analysis: Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, Act I
Harmonic Analysis: Wagner's Prelude to Tristan und Isolde, Act I - David Bennett Thomas
Watch Now: Wagner 200 Gala - From Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Festspielhaus May 22, 2013 01. Richard Wagner DIE WALKÜRE, Erster Aufzug Sieglinde : Eva Maria Westbroek Siegmun...
Just One Day In Bayreuth
Bayreuth veteran Rick Fulker is in the Bavarian town for the new production of Richard Wagner's opera cycle "The Ring of the Nibe...
Watch Now: Wagner & Verdi. Netrebko, Westbroek , Theorin, Terfel, Gergiev .
Valery Gergiev celebrates the two bicentennials : those of Wagner and Verdi! Valery Gergiev opens this concert with the first act of O...
Franco de Gemini (September 1928 - July 2013)
The harmonica is the Wagnerian's "weapon of choice" and so, off topic or not: Franco De Gemini, who probably became most ...
Friday, 26 July 2013
Frank Castorf Admits To Not Really Being A Fan Of Wagner's Music
"I don't know whether I'm a big fan of Wagner's music," says Castorf. "You can't take all of this so terribly...
First Full Photos Of Bayreuth's 2013 Ring Cycle
Rhine-Daughters? We are more than aware these will divide opinion so shall not comment. Should you want to buy any of these images it...
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
Spoiler: What Bayreuth's 2013 Ring Really Looks Like
Of course, "unofficial" descriptions have been in the wild for sometime (as indeed the odd photo) but Gramophone have now come ...
Monday, 22 July 2013
Where to Listen To: Proms Ring Cycle - 2013 Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim
Starting shortly of course. Should be available "on-demand" for 7 days. Click the relevant link to go to the relevant producti...
Listen To: Wagner: Ring. Thielemann, Wiener Staatsoper, Complete (Spotify)
Should you still be debating whether this is worth your time. It might however, explain why you can now buy his Bayreuth Ring cycle for £4.9...
Kupfer Ring On Itunes & Why You might Want To Ignore It.
Itunes has now made the Kupfer Ring available to download - see here . Now, while there are certainly benefits for the impatient in bu...
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