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Thursday 28 August 2014
Richard Wagner presents Lohengrin
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Richard Wagner presents Lohengrin 3rd September 2014 to 5th September 2014. 18:30 to 20:00 Rhodes University. South Africa Jamie has n...
Thursday 21 August 2014
Want to take part in some Wagner research?
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Text and request below is from the research team - not "The Wagnerian" Listening for Leitmotives in Wagner It's hard to he...
Bernd Weikl: Why Richard Wagner needs to be banned in Germany
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UPDATE HERE Bernd Weikl, yes the baritone well known for his Wagner roles, argues that Wagner's work not only should but must be bann...
Listen Now: When Tolkien Stole Wagner's Ring
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Tolkien always vehemently denied any connection between his Lord of the Rings and Wagner's Ring Cycle. He once said: 'Both ring...
Wednesday 20 August 2014
Das Rhinegold: Malicious Dwarfs, Fair Nymphs & Heroic Gods
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Malicious Dwarfs, Fair Nymphs, Heroic Gods. Application and Transformation of Germanic Mythology in Richard Wagner’s libretto The Rhinegold ...
The Case of Wagner Against the Grain
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The Case of Wagner Against the Grain: The Disagreement between Nietzsche and Adorno and its Relevance Today João Pedro Cachopo Published...
Missed Bayreuth 2014? Listen Now Here
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Should you have missed this year's Bayreuth radio broadcasts then never fear. A number of radio stations keep them in their archive...
Unpublished Solti Die Walküre Released By Testament
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As always with Testament's Wagner releases shockingly overpriced - some might argue. To be released on September 9, 2014. ...
After Wagner: Histories of Modernist Music Drama from Parsifal to Nono by Mark Berry
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Due October 2014. This book is both a telling of operatic histories 'after' Richard Wagner, and a philosophical reflection ...
Opera Australia's Melbourne Ring Triumphs At 2014 Helpmann Awards
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The $20m Melbourne Ring swept the opera category awards at this years Helpmann Awards, including the best opera award. Warwick Fyfe pic...
Why Digital Music Looks Set to Replace Live Performances
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This August's production of Richard Wagner's four-opera Ring cycle in Hartford, Conn., has been postponed. Rather than hiring pit ...
Nike Wagner says she was bitter at being ousted from Bayreuth.
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Meeting the great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner is an intimidating prospect. We don’t believe family traits are “in the blood” any more,...
Friday 25 July 2014
As Peter Gelb Seems To Threaten To Cancel 2014-15 Season. Orchestra Responds
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Whose Head Is Being Called For? Unions respond to Gelbs's letter threatening a "lockout. Full response below. Metropolitan Op...
Tuesday 22 July 2014
OU Offers Free Undergraduate Course
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While it may seem a little off topic, there are certainly things here of interest to those with an interest in Wagner. We recently discove...
Where To Listen To Bayreuth 2014 - Free
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Yes, its that time of year again. As always there are multiple places to listen to the Bayreuth festival live on the net but alas, shoul...
Wednesday 9 July 2014
Wagner Festival - Norfolk
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Epic Operas Come To Norfolk as Dynamic Company Makes Theatre Royal Debut THEATER FREIBURG The scale, dynamic vision and sheer grande...
Monday 30 June 2014
New Issue Of The Wagner Journal Now Available
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The July 2014 issue (vol.8, no.2), now available, contains the following feature articles: • 'Spinning the Yarn: Intertextuality i...
Sunday 29 June 2014
Joachim Köhler & Why Wagner Did Not Cause The Holocaust.
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"Wagner always considered himself a spiritual revolutionary whose concern was the liberation of human beings, including the Jews, from ...
Saturday 28 June 2014
Der Ring des Nibelungen Medieval, Pagan, Modern
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Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen Medieval, Pagan, Modern. Carole M. Cusack Originally published in: Relegere: Studies in...
Friday 27 June 2014
Medieval Influence on the Libretto of the Ring
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Medieval Romance and Musical Narrative in Wagner’s Ring J. P. E. Harper-Scott. First printed in: 19th-Century Music 32, no. ...
The Scars of Yggdrasill: Conflict, Power & Family In The Ring
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A surprisingly well written and "easy to read" Doctoral thesis from Dr David Bret Smithey. Introduction is reprinted here while ...
Listen Now: Seattle Opera's Mid 70's Ring Cycle
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Walkures from Seattle's 1975 Ring Made available, kindly, by Seattle Opera. There is also an interview with Joan Herald, who perf...
Seattle Opera To Release 2013 Ring Cycle On CD
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A pity there is no DVD release, but at least it is something - and their first commercial recording release. Press release from Seattle ...
Video Preview: COC's Walkure. 2015
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Christine Goerke , and others, discuss COC's up and coming January 2015 revival of Atom Egoyan's Walkure.
The Deepening of the Wagner Conundrum
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Originally published at the Wagner blog "Sacrifice" where much more Wagner related analysis and thoughts can be found. Reprinte...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
Breaking: The Fight Continues At The MET Opera
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Starving Artists on the stage of the MET. La boheme The battle, at least of words, continues in New York over proposed cuts of 26% to t...
Friday 20 June 2014
Editorial: The MET, The Death of Klinghoffer & Why Wagnerians Should Be Very Afraid
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The Death of Klinghoffer: ENO 2012 "My opera accords great dignity to the memory of Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer, and it roundly co...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Breaking: MET Orchestra Accuse Peter Gelb Of Mismanagement
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And they do so in a rather detailed 14 page report. Some surprising statistics for the latest MET Ring in the back MET OPERA ORCHESTRA...
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