The Met’s Superbly Sung, Strangely Staged, Tristan

The Met Opera opened its season with a new production of Tristan und Isolde Sein Vater, using Wagner’s score (if not his story) in a sumptuously, even thrillingly rendered performance. Simon Rattle was true to his name and shook both the score and the audience of preconceptions.  It felt a bit long and all the […]

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November 2, 2016 – 5:05 pm | By peterp | Posted in The Wagner Blog | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Interesting Collection of Reviews of Current Bayreuth Offerings

A useful and robust, if perhaps not mainstream, group of review of the Bayreuth season’s offerings is available at http://wagneropera.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-bayreuth-festival-2016.html and well worth a visit.

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September 5, 2016 – 11:41 am | By peterp | Posted in The Wagner Blog | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Wagner at Home by Judith Gautier

Judith Gautier’s memoir, Wagner at Home, offers a charming and revealing perspective on life at Triebschen.  Gautier, the daughter of influential French dramatist and journalist Theophile, was invited by Wagner to visit after publishing several complimentary articles on his work.  Upon her arrival she was greeted enthusiastically by Wagner and introduced to “Frau von Bulow, […]

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August 13, 2016 – 12:07 pm | By peterp | Posted in The Wagner Blog | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

The Ring? There’s an App For That!

“LEITMOTIVE” is an iPhone app by Klaus Brink.  It was designed in cooperation with dajool (engineering and design), Volker Kolmetz (pianist) and Digitalspices (design elements), and is available at the App Store. Leitmotive is a digital rendition of the motifs identified by Julius Burghold in his 1910 volume, “Richard Wagner – Der Ring des Nibelingen […]

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August 1, 2016 – 4:12 pm | By peterp | Posted in The Wagner Blog | Tagged , | Comments (0)