Just wonderful. Comic Strip art by William Elliott. Originally published at the now long gone,  sinfinimusic.com - at least the comic st...

Its that time of year again and we wanted to say we have, once again, enjoyed your company, whether as emails, twitter, facebook comme...

Heroic Voices Wagner, Strauss and the rise of dramatic song Laure Meloy  dramatic soprano Lee David Bowen  heldentenor Kelv...

Rising heldentenor Lee David Bowen, and dramatic soprano Laure Meloy join Wagnerian specialist repetiteur Kelvin Lim in a programme explorin...

Ok, it's only loosely connected to Wagner, but a fascinating article, about a fascinating exhibition, of a fascinating subject with w...

A fascinating resource, audio lecture and article series by Professor Richard Bell. Richard is investigating Wagner's theological, eth...

Not too sure who but we would be interested in this but we thought you might be too.  The description below is from the publisher. This ex...

Always exciting. Of particular attention, I feel, is the article ‘Knappertsbusch in Bayreuth’, which reveals the full story of the maestro...

Not safe to be played at work - most likely. This is going to upset people. And perhaps only in German popular culture would it have rele...

Image: François Lopinot / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA From The Boston Musical Intelligizer. Written by Ralph Locke In 1860, Richard ...

The following is the complete chapter about Parsifal, and more specifically its imaginary landscapes, from his book "The Book of Le...

Thanks to BR-Klassik - and Bayreuth of course - you can watch the premiere of Tobias Kratzer's production of Tannhauser. Click here ...

It's that time of year again. All will start around 1345 GMT July 25 TANNHÄUSER - CLICK HERE TO LISTEN   July 26 LOHENGRIN  - C...

We reported previously , that the fantastic Fulham Opera will be staging its first Meistersinger in August this year. As you may know, FO ha...

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...