Lets be honest, things have not been going well up at the Green Hill of late: State arts sponsor's critical reports on how tickets a...

Update 11/09/2012: If you live in the UK you can listen to this complete at WE7 for free (although you will have to "put-up" with ...

I found this lying around on youtube and thought of you: Staatskapelle Berlin dir.Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim,  will lead an unprecedented series of concerts at next year's BBC Proms to mark the beginning of the London 2012 Oly...

It’s an odd trade I’m in,” muses Susan Bullock. “You spend the morning in rehearsal trying to get inside a raging and damaged character like...

James Levine, the Metropolitan Opera’s music director, has withdrawn from all performances at the Met for the rest of the year after fallin...

Buddhist enlightenment at the Ruhrtriennale 2011 Whoever would like to transcend their own ego and find themselves on the path to Buddhist ...

Bayreuth Ticket allocation has been in the news of late - as regular readers will be aware - but it seems that to now add further woes to...

Recorded Experimental Stereo Sound. Carnegie Hall. April 4, 1954

Over at his rather enjoyable blog, (on my bloglist with many other fine Wagner related blogs and all worth visiting in my humble opinion)  P...

After the success of Tristan and Meistersinger, no Wagner? I never have understood opera companies especially given that Glyndebourne  excee...

No matter what insanities political "leaders" may be committing, no matter who their latest scapegoat,  there is always this:

Voigt as Brünnhilde Met 2012 (Publicity photos)

Parsifal: "So, do you come here often?"" An audience of around 5,000 applauded the National Opera production of Richard...

Off topic but it is a Bank Holiday after all

I am presently listening to the rather incredible Beecham/Reiner 1937 Tristan und Isolde (Melchior/Flagstad) and doing so came across the fo...

PART 1 Part 2 Orchestra of Polish Radio: Kawalla

Ben Woodward  Sometimes it would seem that there is a certain level of insanity in those who obsess, as many of us here can seem to do...

Gergiev, Matsuev, Capuçon in Annecy on medici.tv .

In an interview in Bunte, Nike Wagner (never shy of criticising Bayreuth it must be said) criticises Bayreuth's new Tannhäuser producti...

Don't say the Wagnerian never offers you anything free - well, actually I'm  not offering this just letting you know. These online c...

K Wagner: What could she have planned for poor old Tristan and Isolde? Not necessarily news but: Wednesday will not only be the last...

As you may have noticed, I love opera productions - and especially Wagner productions - "off the beaten track". Don't get me w...

Off topic but: For those who are living in a bunker  - The Turn of the Screw live stream from  Glyndebourne starts at 6:00 pm Click here...

Vogt: Does he sing in the shower ? As normal, there is much in this that is not covered here on the site. This week includes: The ME...

Willy Decker Willy Decker's last year as Director sees his new production of Tristan und Isolde. Given, as you no doubt are alread...