We have noted over the years how few images of Wagner's mother, the elusive and somewhat enigmatic, Johanna Rosine Wagner, ever appe...

The Awakening is a short film by Ivan Maria Friedman, taking the poem of Sufi mystic Rumi and setting it to the Vorspiel of Das Rheingold. ...

If there is one line in the whole of the Ring that can produce unintended laughter, muffled or not, it is Siegfried's "Das ist ke...

It would seem a terrible shame to miss this one. 2019 is the 150th anniversary of the first performance of Richard Wagner’s opera, D...

As a number of you are aware, the website was down for 5 days at the beginning of this month. This was due to an error by our previous dom...

FULHAM OPERA DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG 9 - 17 August 2019 Greenwood Theatre, London Fulham Opera, is to stage its mos...

I have found myself, once again, reading Anne Dzamba Sessa's excellent, 1978  book  "Richard Wagner And The English". This i...

A nine hour, or so, lecture series on Die Walkure. Recorded in 2012 Includes:  The Opera in Its Time (Simon Williams) The Growth...

In an interview with the Telegraph, Stefan Herheim told Rupert Christiansen "Opera for me is not about entertaining people or giving ...

Deutsche Oper Berlin has announced that the first part of the new Stefan Herheim, will premiere, logically enough, with Rheingold one Fri...

Alex Ross is always worth reading, especially about Wagner. By Alex Ross.  When Arthur Schopenhauer read the libretto of “Die Walküre,...

While these have held up well to the passing of time, sadly, they are very difficult to buy now. Surely time for them to be rereleased? ...

Edition of Parsifal illustrated by Willy Pogany, 1912 From "The Sidney Undergraduate Journal Of  Musicology. An intriguing read, th...

Conductor Brett Mitchell gives a deep dive into Wagner's Ring Cycle, demonstrating how he used leitmotifs to tell one of the greates...

From This SophiaCycles. The author describes this as, " (A) Video Essay takes a look at the first drama of Richard Wagner's R...

This is actually rather good and in less than six minutes! And who can deny its closing remarks?

Once again, from the Wagner Society Of Washington. Lecturers: Simon Williams And Jeffery Swann

And if you continue not to ask,, we may also give you, Tristan - in Lego

It's probably best if you cannot speak German. As the producers say in their introduction, "The plot of Richard Wagner's co...

Originally given over a full weekend, in an event hosted by the Wagner Society Of Washinton. Sadly, neglected on Youtube. Worth your att...

From The Wagner Society Of New York: Jeffrey Swann, Ph.D., internationally renowned pianist and lecturer on Wagner topics, gave a supe...

Swiss conductor Philippe Jordan, music director of the Paris Opera and music director designate of the Vienna State Opera, is one of the wo...

Our editor is wakened from, what seems, a prolonged slumber, due to the combined forces of Jung, Wagner and Doom/Death/Prog Metal band Ope...

Taken from one of the many extras on the DVD release of the fantastic 1991/2 Kupfer Ring, from Bayreuth.

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...