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Wagner as seen through the eyes of 16 film directors

Written By The Wagnerian on Monday, 28 January 2013 | 6:35:00 am

Wagner's music has  been used many times in film and has in turn influenced, if nor created, film music. An idea discussed in some detail in . "Wagner and Cinema".  What is perhaps must fascinating is how a different...
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Selections from ‘Der Ring Des Nibelungen’: Sheffield 2/2/13

Should you happen to be anywhere near Sheffield (UK) next weekend you might want to check out: Sheffield Symphony Orchestra Concert 3- Saturday 2nd February 2013 Venue             St....
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Wagner goes Jazz: Eric Schaefer: Who Is Afraid Of Richard W

Written By The Wagnerian on Sunday, 27 January 2013 | 12:39:00 am

Press release as follows, and should you have spotify, there is a promo of the album below. And if you don't have Spotify then think Wagner meets various jazz genres, meets dub. Now, given that the editor likes all three (for goodness...
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In Canada: Verdi sells, Wagner doesn't

Verdi in your freezer? “I don’t think that in our community, a season of Wagner would work at all. I think I’d be looking for another job.”Bob McPhee Sometimes one is left a little confused by both opera houses and their directors. For...
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Opera Australia's Lyndon Terracini talks about HGO abandoning the Melbourne Ring

Written By The Wagnerian on Thursday, 24 January 2013 | 1:30:00 am

OA's Lydon Terracini: Still smiling? Well, the good news is that HGO's dropping of the Melbourne Ring, and the accompanying loss of $1 Million funding, should not cause any major difficulties, as Opera Australia’s artistic director...
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Opera Australia left with $1 million shortfall as HGO breaks off the engagement & hands back the Ring

We noted earlier this week that Huston Grand Opera had announced that they would be staging the Valencia Ring over the next four seasons. What was odd, is that the Melbourne Ring is a co-production between Opera Australia and HGO. Would HGO be...
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Siegfried gets them all in the end - even Mr Merkel. But he doesn't like Regie

Written By The Wagnerian on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 | 11:33:00 pm

Theoretical chemist Joachim Sauer, the "media shy" husband of German Chancellor Angela Merkel., has said today that he once hated Wagner. He simply found Wagner's music "bombastic". However, that all changed one day after a chance encounter with Siegfried....
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Cornwall Council celebrates 2013 by moving Tristan's grave to make way for a Bus Stop

Written By The Wagnerian on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 | 6:33:00 pm

The Tristan Stone, said to mark the spot of the real Tristan's grave - and thus theoretically the place of the Liebestod (well, ok, at least poetically but we have to have some excuse to add a clip of the Jerusalem/Meier/Barenboim Tristan ) - has stood...
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WagnerWorldWide:America - Jan 31 - Feb 2 2013. With Alex Ross

Written By The Wagnerian on Sunday, 20 January 2013 | 9:29:00 pm

Keynote lecture to be given by Alex Ross In recognition of composer Richard Wagner’s (1813-1883) bicentennial in 2013, the Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater(fimt) at the University of Bayreuth is planning a multi-year series of events...
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Houston Grand Opera to stage its first Ring cycle starting 2013-2014 season

Written By The Wagnerian on Saturday, 19 January 2013 | 11:00:00 pm

Houston Grand Opera has announced that they will be presenting the Valencia Ring over four consecutive seasons starting with Rheingold during 2013-2014. This will be HGO's first ring cycle and also the first time Fura dels Baus ring cycle will have...
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Long lost photo of Richard Wagner found. Really!

The Bayreuther Wagner-Museum has announced that a photo of Wagner - once thought long lost - has finally been found and bought by themselves for 900 euros. In the early hours of Friday, Dr. Sven Friedrich, director of the Richard Wagner Museum...
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Winterreise: Thoughts, Recommended Recording, English Text & Complete Playlist

"Come to Schober's today and I will play you a cycle of terrifying songs" Schubert Earlier this week, as the snow began to fall here, I returned to Robert Macfarlane's meditation on the land's ancient pathways and the journey - and mind -  of...
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Wagner’s Shakespearian Birth: Dave Paxton

"...Cosima in 1874, who wrote...in her diary, along with the further details that her husband, as a young teenager, had interpreted Shakespeare’s canon ‘as something daemonic and fantastic and had even sought a mystical meaning in Falstaff.’" Dave Paxton While...
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London's "other" Siegfried 2013 - booking now

Written By The Wagnerian on Friday, 18 January 2013 | 9:37:00 pm

Fulham Opera continue with their highly recommended Ring cycle as Siegfried makes its premiere this February - dates and booking information below. Should you also wish to be part of this project - or help support it - Fulham...
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Audio Interview: Bill Viola discusses his video imagery for Tristan

Written By The Wagnerian on Thursday, 17 January 2013 | 10:39:00 pm

Released by Canadian Opera Company prior to the opening of Peter Sellars's production of Tristan und Isolde ...
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Listen to excerpts from the new: Kampe, Kaufmann, Pape, Stemme, Gergiev Walkure.

There's a lot of anticipation for this studio Ring from Mariinsky label  And while we must remain patient till its release on 11 February 2013 for the first part, Mariinsky has now made generous excerpts of acts 1, 2 and...
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David Byrne goes Talking Heads with Richard Wagner

David Byrne, perhaps most famous as the founder of Talking Heads, discuses Wagner, his music, his history and his heritage over at his website "Journal" - or should that be his Internet journal? Anyway, while containing the odd arguable point, it offers...
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In conversation with Jonas Kaufmann

Written By The Wagnerian on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 | 11:30:00 am

Jonas Kaufmann on his Wagner album In conversation with Thomas Voigt What images do you associate with Richard Wagner’s music? Most vividly of all, an intimate scene from my childhood: my grandfather sitting at the piano and playing Wagner. He...
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Listen On-demand: London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jurowski / Brahms, Wagner, Bruckner

Written By The Wagnerian on Monday, 14 January 2013 | 4:06:00 pm

Already in Bruckner’s First Symphony the influence of ‘Richard Wagner, was making itself felt. In 1863 Bruckner heard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser in Linz, capturing its desolate yearning in his first movement’s third theme. Two years later Bruckner met...
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WNO Remixes Lohengrin

As long as we don't end-up with a dub mix that includes Wagner with N Sync. Although, that might be better than the video we found below. We hasten to add nothing to do with the WNO project. By the way, a special mention to anyone who can find an...
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Wagner 2013 Kicks off in Bayreuth with Mnozil Brass' " HOJOTOHO"

Mnozil Brass "Never look at the brass - it only encourages them." Richard Strauss And so Wagner 2013 begins in the city of Bayreuth, but not with one of Wagner's works but a specially commissioned piece by the Austrian comedy brass band,...
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Quentin Tarantino to direct next Bayreuth Ring Cycle?

Well, probably not - although at the "new" Bayreuth anything is possible. However, in an interview published in Focus Magazine, Christoph Waltz - who has appeared in Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards and Django Unchained (for which he has just received...
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Parsifal Productions: 2013

Written By The Wagnerian on Sunday, 13 January 2013 | 3:46:00 am

Only productions that have at least announced their principle casts have been included. As always, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any listing and recommend that you check with the box office before booking....
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At a cinema near you: Parsifal with Kaufmann, Pape, Dalayman, Mattei, Gatti.

The much awaited - at least here at the Wagnerian - MET's new Parsifal (François Girard's production) will be available at cinemas world wide on the 2 March 2013. At least in England, we can confirm that the number of cinemas carrying the...
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Contemplating Wagner and Verdi: a discussion by Peter Bassett

Written By The Wagnerian on Saturday, 12 January 2013 | 11:38:00 pm

The following essay was kindly provided by Peter Bassett and is taken from his fascinating, and beautifully illustrated book: 1813 - Wagner and Verdi.  For more information on this book - and a sneak preview of the contents - please...
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Update: Wagner at 30. Peter Bassett responds

Written By The Wagnerian on Friday, 11 January 2013 | 11:16:00 pm

Update: It seems the debate is far from concluded as the Kaplan Collection have brought in the assistance of a specialist in facial recognition . More as we get it. In the mean time you can still vote in the Wagner Societies poll regarding this...
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