George Loomis at the NY Times finds the 74 year old Harry Kupfer's new Meistersinger production "... an ideal balance between art...
George Loomis reviews Kupfer's Zurich Meistersinger
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Opera Australia announce their first "Mini Ring Cycle" Plus Gary Lehman to finally find his bear?
As part of the general buildup to their first Ring Cycle in 2013, Opera Australia have announced a 4 week festival of Wagner/Ring themed eve...
Saturday, 28 January 2012
A new London Walkure in May 2012 and new full Ring Cycle in 2013
Last year saw possibly one of the most intriguing Rheingolds ever presented: Fulham Opera's fully staged production held in St John...
Friday, 27 January 2012
Lepage: "...suddenly you're just the guy who has this big set that makes noise."
NEW YORK (AP) — Early in Wagner's "Ring" cycle, Wotan glimpses the new home he has commissioned for his fellow gods and excla...
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Listen to: Gotterdammerung - MET premiere Friday January 27, 2012
Sorry I have not been posting much the last few weeks - a rather busy schedule has made things difficult. While things remain somewhat ...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Heinrich Schlusnus accompanied by Richard Strauss (1917)
I believe these were recorded in 1917, unless someone would like to correct me. Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Lieder per voce e pianofort...
Monday, 23 January 2012
Missed McVicker's Glyndebourne Die Meistersinger ? Then catch it in Chicago, 2013
Lyric Opera of Chicago have announced their 2012/13 season. In among an interesting set of productions - including a new Electra - is the an...
Sunday, 22 January 2012
“I don’t have a steely voice,”: Katarina Dalayman (The MET's 'other' Brunnhilde)
The New York Times' Matthew Gurewitsch interviews the MET's 'other' Brunnhilde - Katarina Dalaymen (images and video add by...
Saturday, 21 January 2012
San Francisco Opera announce a new Lohengrin for 2012
SF opera have announced the San Francisco Opera premiere of Danial Slater's production of Lohengrin (originally premiered at Geneva Oper...
Longborough Festival Opera (LFO) announce full cast lists for all productions this season
Photo: Stephen Shepherd Longborough Festival Opera reaches the last step of in its ambitious project to be the first privately run oper...
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Peter Seller/Bill Viola's, Tristan und Isolde to reach Canada in 2013 - with a rotating cast
Peter Seller/Bill Viola's, Tristan und Isolde is to be premiered at Canadian Opera Company in February 2013. Known in the USA as the ...
Monday, 16 January 2012
And Now for something Completely Different: Carlo Bergonzi "Io la vidi il suo sorriso"
Alas, not the Solti: Carlo Bergonzi sings "Io la vidi il suo sorriso" from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) New Philha...
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Louis Spohr - String Quartet No. 20 in A Minor Op. 74 No. 1 (1825)
Found, yet again, on youtube An extract from Clive Brown's "Louis Spohr: A Critical Biography" He (Spohr) also informe...
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Sydney Opera House to recreate 1973 opening Wagner gala.
Back in the days when even the Wagnerian was to young to wonder around in the woods looking for a bear, the Sydney Opera House celebrated it...
Friday, 13 January 2012
WNO announce a new production of Lohengrin and UK's first staged "Wagner Dream"
David Pountney Honestly, I really am supposed to be doing something else for the next few weeks but every time I try to get away up pops...
Free online concert: LPO / Jurowski, Jansen / Anderson, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Not supposed to be here but thought I would post this quickly as it is not available for to long. Available till 24 January Click Here T...
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Watch Now: Gotterdammerung - Prolog - Marton, Kollo, De Waart - San Francisco, 1985
Alas, need to go away for a little while so enjoy.
Listen Now: Ariadne auf Naxos 1935 Clemens Krauss Berlin
Click the Play Icon Or Here to Listen Live broadcast on Strauss's birthday, June 11, 1935. Berlin Clemens Krauss cond. Vioric...
The Ring Comes To Washington
I assume everyone knows about this by now but just for anyone that missed it: WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington National Opera, which recently...
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
North American Wagner Societies response to Bayreuth by letter - read it here: But is Bayreuth that important anymore?
Well not here to be precise but over at the highly recommended Wagner Blog - well worth subscribing to or bookmarking if you haven't al...
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