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Monday, 25 June 2012
Listen Now: Das Liebesverbot - Hermann Prey, Wolfgang Fassler & Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Made available by ORF. Should remain available "on demand" for the next few days - perhaps longer. Catch it while you can T...
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Wagner's women to be released from their curse in Munich: A Sven Holm production.
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An evening without gods or heroes but instead, Cosima, Winifred, Gudrun and Katharina Wagner, plus lots of blue-clad maidens, a male cho...
Why Barenboim, fights to perform Richard Wagner in Israel
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From an interview with SPIEGEL published today: World-famous Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim is noted for his strong vi...
Spot the naked Wagnerian
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Seriously, anyone that makes a comment about "Where's Wally/Waldo" is out of here. Spencer Tunick’s latest art installation, “...
Friday, 22 June 2012
WNO, Bryn Terfel & Wagner: At Buckingham Palace
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Members of Welsh National Opera performed before Prince Charles and more than 200 guests at the opera company’s first Royal Gala at Buc...
The beginning of the end for Janowski's Wagner Concerts
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Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen The final part of the Wagner concert series by Marek Janowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berli...
"This is like opium drugs for the Wagnerians": Adam Fischer
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(Reuters) "I don't know any other composer who had this intense effect that makes people crazy," conductor Adam Fischer, 6...
Thursday, 21 June 2012
Pelléas et Mélisande: An incomplete list of performances - 2012
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Mary Garden, the first Mélisande. I listen to far less opera than people would probably imagine (at least that is not Wagner) but I rar...
Listen On-demand: ON's Die Walkure
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If you missed the live broadcast yesterday (20/06/12) it will remain available for the next 6 days by clicking the link below. Opera ...
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Longborough Opera's Brunnhilde performs: Mild und leise
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It seems that LFO's Götterdämmerung audience - alas, now sold out - are in for a treat. Rachel Nicholls: Mild und leise ...
Monday, 18 June 2012
A history of Wagner's dramas in Scotland
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The website Opera Scotland has just been brought to our attention. According to its owners: "Opera Scotland offers you "What...
The BBC may keep its orchestras after all - but savings must be made to allow quality BBC1 programming
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Over at "The Arts Journal" Norman Lebrecht is reporting the much feared BBC review of its orchestras and performing groups has c...
Antonio Pappano discusses: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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Music Director of The Royal Opera, Antonio Pappano, introduces the music to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. With pianist Geoff...
Jonas Kaufmann makes first official announcement about his health.
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Jonas Kaufmann has just announced that he is on the mend and will be returning to the stage in July. He makes the statement, in his words...
Listen Now: Don Carlo, VSO. Vargas, Stoyanova, Papa, Keenlyside, et
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Off topic but I do like Don Carlo - and it does include the odd Wagnerian. Made available, and streaming on demand, by Latvian Classic...
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Video: Mozart's Requiem, Festival de Saint-Denis, Sir Colin Davis (2012)
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Sir Colin Davis, Elin Rombo (tenor), Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano), Werner Gura (ténor), John Relyea (basse), Orchestre National d...
Video: Wagner Society of Cincinnati Ring Panel Discussion
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On March 11, 2012, the Wagner Society of Cincinnati hosted a "Wagner's Ring Cycle" panel discussion featuring a panel ...
Lars von Trier's "Melencolia"
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Someday, I may get round to writing something about this movie. If you haven't seen it you should. And, as a useless a comment as it ma...
Saturday, 16 June 2012
Mark Berry to discuss Keith Warner's Ring Cycle at ROH - 18 June 2012
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Dr Berry in the orchestra pit at Bayreuth. We believe different trousers will be worn at the ROH talk. As the bicentenary of the birth...
Union Avenue Opera of Saint Louis to stage Ring Cycle?
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Concluding the 2012 Festival Season is the start of a four-year odyssey for Union Avenue Opera: Das Rheingold , the first of Richard Wagne...
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Ben Heppner: A Wagnerian Interview
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I was recently lucky to have had the opportunity to catch-up with Ben Heppner during his ongoing run as Tristan in WNO's revival of Y...
Nina Stemme in conversation with Cori Ellison
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“When I was first asked if I’d ever consider singing Isolde,” she recalled, “I said, ‘You must be joking.’ NEW YORK likes to think of it...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012
Bayreuth Parsifal in HD: One UK cinema confirms booking open
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Considering the hype provided by Bayreuth for this event, trying to find a cinema outside of Germany or Switzerland showing it is similar ...
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