We see this sort of hashtag trending frequently on social media and so thought, we might try something new. Its debatable whether these ...

Or at least he hopes to perform the role in full in three or so years time. But given how far ahead performers like Kaufmann are booked ...

Part one is here, offering an overview of streaming services Part two  looks at Tidal's features in detail here Part three looks at Q...

Despite not  being as well known, Qobuz has been around longer than not only Tidal but even Spotify, A French company, it launched in 2007...

Tidal Tidal is, or at least was a Norwegian company. Launching in 2014, it is one of the newest of the streaming services and yet one of...

We have been looking at Spotify alternative, streaming services. Those that stream, but in "CD quality - or above.  As the Wagnerian ...

EDIT: We had the opportunity to catch up with the author just prior to the play's premiere. We should be publishing this in the next f...

Editing a few posts recently, to remove the odd typo - one or two a little embarrassing - we were reminded of the letter below from Wagner...

If you missed this year's Bayreuth live broadcasts you can still catch-up, on demand. Some of these are from BR Klassik. For these s...

We have been enjoying, greatly, new productions from Bayreuth these last few years and Yuval Sharon's Lohengrin is no exception. I...

Fascinating! Includes an interview with the extraordinary Linda Esther Gray. Broadcast as part of Newsnight August 1981: Sir Reginald Go...

Lest you missed it or would like to listen again. Click the link, a new page will appear and then click the play icon. We include som...

To get you "in the mood" for the first day of the Festival tomorrow, 25 July, a little video overview from DW

Edit :  We have been informed that this year's live broadcast may be geo-restricted to viewers in Germany. If so, shame and bad f...

It's nearly that time; festival "madness" from Bayreuth. If you are unsure where or when to listen, to the individual, pro...

It was less than a week ago when Roberto Alagna's manager informed the Bayreuth festival that the tenor would not be able to perform...

Historically, gaining access to the Richard Wagner Archive has been a somewhat difficult process for the none academic. Indeed, as it ne...

The world of Wagner criticism is a strange place. At the periphery of the media, and the internet, it's an even stranger place. Indeed...

  ‘Kindred Spirits of Meiningen and Bayreuth‘ by Edward A. Bortnichak and Paula M. Bortnichak • ‘Turning the Telescope Round‘ [article ...

In one of his final interviews, Professor Hawking was asked how he would like to spend his last days, he replied: Oh my last day, it w...

Some of us here believe that van Zweden may become the best Wagner conductor of this generation. Although, it is very hard to beat Baren...

Apologies for the title; sadly could not think of a better way of putting it. You might recall a few weeks ago we noted two Wagner related...

Taken from Christopher Lawrence's book, " Swooning: A Classical Music Guide to Life, Love, Lust and Other Follies" ...

Researching something else, we came across this full page ad for Parsifal in 1892. Thought we would share. A sort of Wagner Tardis. You will...

One of our often featured Wagnerian commentators, Alex Ross, discusses the use of "wagnerian" leitmotifs, in John Williams's...

Fascinating, if horrendously expensive, book edited by Michael Allis. Details from the publisher, below  Granville Bantock's letters...

As part of Wiener Staatsoper's live streaming program, they will be streaming Sven-Eric Bechtolf's production of  Der Ring des Ni...

We are trying something new this month; a full, or nearly full, list of Wagner performances world wide. Not just full operas but concert per...