It is with much, much sadness that we must inform that the great Theo Adam died on Thursday in Dresden.  Words could do no justice to th...

Saturday February 9, 2019 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm JCC-SF - 3200 California Street San Francisco, CA Free to WSNC Members, suggested donat...

Available till match 2019.  We rather enjoyed this. Cast:  The Dutchman: Egils Siliņš Senta, Daland's daughter: Vida Mikne...

It would seem the BBC has once again, made Paul Mason's 2013 Radio 4 documentary available for free, on-demand listening. Details be...

Longborough Festival Opera will continue its strong tradition of annual Wagner productions with its second Ring cycle, to begin with, Rh...

An article in the New York Times from 1993. The conductor Hans Knappertsbusch had an unmatched way with Wagner's "Parsifal....

In these trying times our daily chats and communication with our readers, either via email here, or on twitter or facebook, are a consta...

There is a long line of Wagner books to be reviewed. We have this and will attempt to do so. In the meantime, this is from the publisher. ...

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Terje Tønnesen, conductor. We greatly enjoy chamber arrangements of Tristan. This one is worth your atten...

If this doesn't make you want to pop on your favourite Ring on CD, DVD or travel the world to see it live, nothing will.  A brie...

A Wagner biography in one and a half minutes? 

Tonight we are feeling hopeful for the future of a united humanity. A time where we may, eventually perhaps, see our species have a respec...

We recently had the opportunity to catch-up with Allan Leicht, the Emmy award-winning author of the unusual, off-Broadway play "My...

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...