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Israeli orchestra confronts taboo at Wagner shrine

4903 days ago
ReutersBAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - The Israel Chamber Orchestra will play a work by Adolf Hitler's favorite composer Richard Wagner in Germany on Tuesday, challenging a seven-decade taboo in their homeland. more info

Appreciation: Leo Kirch

4903 days ago
Guardian MusicObituaries of Leo Kirch (16 July) have compared him with the international media moguls Rupert Murdoch and Silvio Berlusconi. However, in one respect his career was sharply different, since he had an enlightened involvement with classical music.In 19... more info

Die Walküre/The Madness of an Extraordinary Plan - review

4910 days ago
Guardian MusicBridgewater Hall, Manchester"In the entire history of art, no one has succeeded as I have," Roger Allam's Wagner rants in Gerard McBurney's The Madness of an Extraordinary Plan, commissioned by the Manchester international festival to precede the Hal... more info

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Wagner at Glyndebourne: live blog

4931 days ago
Guardian MusicGlyndebourne Opera is streaming the final performance of its acclaimed production of Wagner's opera live to audiences in cinemas across the country and here on guardian.co.uk. Follow Stephen Moss as he brings you live updatesWatch the live stream her... more info

In praise of … live streamed opera | Editorial

4934 days ago
Guardian MusicNo need for black tie, no need to picnic: opera for everybody, that old counterintuitive idea, is almost hereToday is Johannistag – and if you don't know what that signifies, you have probably never seen Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Richard Wag... more info

A new temple to Wagner on the Danube, not Rhine

4934 days ago
ReutersBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Richard Wagner's operas are linked with the Rhine, but a modern concert hall beside the Danube has become a new temple for works of the 19th century German romantic who never fails to stir passions, pro and con. more info

A guide to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

4936 days ago
Guardian MusicOn Sunday 26 June, from 2.45pm, guardian.co.uk is streaming live online the final performance of Glyndebourne's production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. To prepare you for all five hours, here's our classical music critic's handy viewi... more info

Tristan und Isolde – review

4950 days ago
Guardian MusicGrange Park, HampshireThere is a serious outbreak of Wagner in the southern counties this summer, with Glyndebourne opening its season with Meistersinger, Longborough's Ring due to reach Siegfried, and Grange Park presenting its first staged Wagner.L... more info

Lyon gives Wagner's Tristan a "moving" production

4950 days ago
ReutersLYON, France (Reuters) - Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is a notoriously static opera whose two central characters mostly stand on stage singing for almost four hours. more info

Humperdinck: Dornröschen – review

5060 days ago
Guardian MusicFassbaender/Landshamer/Kaiser/Haaks/Bavarian Radio Choir/Munich RSO/Schirmer(CPO, two CDs)Humperdinck's version of Sleeping Beauty, completed in 1902, is an intriguing but ultimately frustrating rarity. It seems determined to reconfigure the familiar... more info

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