Listen Now: Paris National Opera, Ring Cycle. Starting with Rheingold

Erda A recording from the Opéra National de Paris, Spring 2010. Broadcast Thursday 9th June at 14.00 uk time on Radio 3 but available for the next 6 days on Iplayer. Click here to listen. You can hear the whole Paris staging of the Ring Cycle in...

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Watch Now: Parsifal in concert, live from Concertgebouw. Vogt, Struckmann, Holl, Dalayman

It's Amazing what you can find on the internet - and for free! Posted by Radio 4 on Youtube. The copy below is from their website - not necessarily my thoughts.  December 11 2010: Parsifal in concert, live from Concertgebouw should be...

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Listen Now: Wagner Sets The Score: Wagner and John Williams - The leitmotifs of Star Wars

Film historian Jon Burlingame helps look at the composer’s influence on Hollywood films. (function(){var s=function(){__flash__removeCallback=function(i,n){if(i)i[n]=null;};window.setTimeout(s,10);};s();})(); Article in the LA Times about Wagner's...

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Watch Now: SF Opera: Science and Wagner’s Ring. 1 hour run time

Presenters: Dr. Clifford (Kip) Cranna is the Director of Musical Administration at the San Francisco Opera, where he has been a member of the administrative staff since 1979. In June 2008 he was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal, the Company's...

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Christian Thielemann to save Salzburg Easter Festival's Parsifal 2013. Joined by Staatskapelle Dresden.

Rattle to shake no more?  Karajan, Peter Alward & Christian Thielemann 1982 As readers are already aware, it's been a busy and chaotic time at the Salzburg Summer Festival's little brother The Salzburg Easter Festival. First of course,...

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Walter Legge - A legacy.

An article from Gramophone, marking the 22nd anniversary of Legge's death on  22 March 1979. Well, as everyone and their aunt seems to be presenting productions of Tristan this and next season it seemed relevant. And then, there is also...

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Tristan und Isolde - Grange Park - Guardian Review - The Précis

Sorry, missed this one in my recent review of the reviews. Find the edited high-lights below. "There is a serious outbreak of Wagner in the southern counties this summer, with Glyndebourne opening its season with Meistersinger, Longborough's Ring due...

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Tristan und Isolde - Opera de Lyon - Alex Olle - now through 22 June 2011.

By Michael Roddy LYON, France   Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is a notoriously static opera whose two central characters mostly stand on stage singing for almost four hours. In a new production at the Opera de Lyon that had its premiere...

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The much prophesied "death" of "classical music" may have not only just been announced but also proven.

New-style Classic Brits Awards doubles TV viewing audience A revised format helped the Classic Brits – formerly the Classical Brits – to double its TV audience year-on-year when it aired over the Bank Holiday Weekend. Organiser the BPI took the decision...

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A Ring of the Nibelung for Children and Lohengrin live on the internet: Bayreuth 2011

On August 14, 2011, the Siemens Festival Night in Bayreuth will feature not only a live transmission from the Festspielhaus on the Bayreuther Festplatz, but also, for the first time as part of the local public viewing program, the screening of a special...

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Tristan und Isolde: Grange Park Opera: The Reviews

Wouldn't life be so much easier if we all thought the same? If we all saw, heard, perceived and processed things in the same way? I am always amazed to find people who believe that this is the case. Alas, as I know you are aware good reader, this is...

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Wagner On Screen. The strange relationship between Richard Wagner and Film

There seems to be an endless supply of articles and books on how Wagner influenced the film sound track: from Loony Tunes to Apocalypse Now,  from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings. Less in evident are articles that describe Wagner's treatment directly...

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A Wagner Concert Including Die Walküre (Act 1) with the Colorado Symphony - June 11 &12

Christian Arming joins the Colorado Symphony for a season finale featuring: Prelude to Act III and Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin" Chorus from Act II of "Der Fliegende Holländer" ("The Flying Dutchman") Prelude and "Wach' auf!" from "Die Meistersinger...

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Bayreuth 1934 - Frieda Leider/Max Lorenz Act 1 Gotterdamerung Live Video

Frieda Leider/Max Lorenz Act 1 Gotterdamerung...

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An imperfect Wagnerite: Rodney Milnes on a stormy on-off love affair

Published in this months Opera. Excerpt below but you will need to either buy a copy or subscribe to the Ebook edition to read the complete article When did it start? The first protagonist in my pre-teen model theatre was Macbeth, mainly because this...

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Alfie Boe or, as Michael Volpe Suggests, Alfie Boellocks? You decide

"I was supposed to be watching Parsifal...at the Royal Opera House. I used to find an empty box, bring a pillow in from home and fall asleep" Alfi Boe, Desert Island Discs, 2011 Someone called Alfie Bow (or is that Boe) - a tenor we believe who...

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Francesca Zambello: "The Ring Remains Relevant"

In an interview published in the Mercury News, Zambello suggests it is easy to "demystify the mystery of the Ring" and that by doing so, it remains as relevant as ever. Director finds 'Ring' themes -- love, abandonment, greed, abuse of power -- relevant...

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Dame Anne Evens: I saw The World End

Unique Event at the Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds as part of Opera Norths Ring Cycle During the course of a highly distinguished career, Dame Anne Evans established herself as one of the leading Wagnerian sopranos of her generation. Her performance...

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