Colin Mackerras, Sheena Burnell and Stephen Emmerson present their observations of Victorian Opera’s February 2019 production of Parsifal.
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An Introduction to Wagner’s ‘Parsifal’
Peter Bassett anticipates Victorian Opera’s new production of Parsifal in February 2019.
WAGNER’S RING IN LONDON, October/November 2018
Graham Bruce reviews the Royal Opera’s recent revival of Keith Warner’s production of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Contemplating Die Meistersinger
Peter Bassett’s essay ‘Contemplating the Meistersinger’ has been published in Limelight (November 2018), and is also presented here for your interest.
The 2018 Verdi Festival in Parma
The 2018 Verdi Festival in Parma. Review by Graham Bruce, October 2018. Italy’s Verdi Festival which takes place in the composer’s homeland of Parma and Busseto, again this year made clear why it offers something different from the familiar run of Verdi productions:
San Francisco Ring Cycle: June 2018
San Francisco Ring Cycle, June 2018; Review by Sheena Burnell
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in Beijing: A Great Experience Marred by Political Correctness
Colin Mackerras concludes that Wagner’s story and conception makes more sense and is more emotionally satisfying than Kasper Holten’s.
The DRESDEN RING 2018
Graham Bruce visited Dresden in February this year for Der Ring there.
What happened to Siegfried?
Siegfried’s role at the centre of the drama as envisaged by Wagner in 1848 had certainly changed by the time Der Ring des Nibelungen premiered in Bayreuth in August 1876.
The first Australian singer at the Bayreuth Festival
Read the fascinating story of Norma Gadsden.