A first look at Stefan Herheim's eagerly awaited, Salzburg Festival, Meistersinger:

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...

Castorf's Rheingold 2013 We normally leave this till all of the performances have been broadcast but demand this year has been so ...

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  - David Bennett Thomas  

Bayreuth, Festspielhaus May 22, 2013 01. Richard Wagner DIE WALKÜRE, Erster Aufzug Sieglinde : Eva Maria Westbroek Siegmun...

Bayreuth veteran Rick Fulker is in the Bavarian town for the new production of Richard Wagner's opera cycle "The Ring of the Nibe...

Valery Gergiev celebrates the two bicentennials : those of Wagner and Verdi! Valery Gergiev opens this concert with the first act of O...

The harmonica is the Wagnerian's "weapon of choice" and so, off topic or not: Franco De Gemini, who probably became most ...

"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...

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...

Of course, "unofficial" descriptions have been in the wild for sometime (as indeed the odd photo) but Gramophone have now come ...

Starting shortly of course. Should be available "on-demand" for 7 days. Click the relevant link to go to the relevant producti...

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...

Itunes has now made the Kupfer Ring available to download - see here .  Now, while there are  certainly benefits for the impatient in bu...

General Director Speight Jenkins introduces you to Alwyn Mellor and Stefan Vinke -- two of the new-for-2013 principals. Includes foot...

Frank Castorf: "But look. My Watch says its only 8.30 AM"  Ever wondered what it was like for directors working in Bayreuth?...

Wagner Reloaded - Apocalyptica meets Wagner We are reliably informed that tickets are still available. This is the first night and was o...

It should probably come as little surprise that this year would produce a veritable deluge of books about Wagner and his work (indeed, apa...

Sebastian Baumgarten's "affectionately" nick named "biomass Tannhäuser" has been axed. It seems that not even Bay...

Edit: Click Here to listen "on-demand as each is broadcast" Nearly that time again. There are of course any number of plac...

It must be said that recent events in London and Bayreuth had left us feeling somewhat "exhausted" with events around Wagner - and...

 In 1873 the first Wagner Society was founded in England. By 1884 it had been "refounded. In 1893 it  was disbanded. The reasons for ...

What would Richard say? “You would do me a great service if you created a foundation which would allow those without the necessary means...

Its always good to see Wagner away from the usual places. Tickets starting at $12! A new production of Der fliegende Holländer from Ut...

"Pietari Inkinen conducts the Orchestra del Teatro Massimo, unfolding a luscious Wagnerian sound. His interpretation and leadership a...

"A swastika is a no-go, not only in Bayreuth. " Christian Thielemann talking about Yevgeny Nikitin's disputed tattoo last yea...

...And Tristan, and all of the other major Wagner Heldentenor roles it would seem. If anyone was concerned that Kaufmann's first CD...

The Ring Saga Celebrating the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner 2013 Consisting entirely of Scandinavian singers Der Ring des Nibelu...