Rienzi review – Wagner’s early opera makes its Bayreuth debut as a frenzied contemporary election drama

Alexandra Szemerédy and Magdolna Parditka’s production swaps 14th-century Rome for an abstract near future in an over-busy staging . Jennifer Holloway’s Adriano is a standout in a strong cast ...
Staten Island Advance

Wagner College Opera to present ‘Echoes Between the Lines’ in December: How to get 10% off

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Wagner College Opera will present “Echoes Between the Lines” next month, a program featuring scenes from Mozart, Handel, Verdi, Puccini, Berlioz, Sondheim, Lehár and Bernstein.

Hot, Uncomfortable, Transcendent: Why We Can’t Quit Opera at Bayreuth

The Bayreuth Festival, where Wagner’s operas have been performed for 150 years, is inconvenient and unpleasant. Why does it ...
The Guardian

The Flying Dutchman review – delusion, torment and menace in detailed and finely sung Wagner

Jack Furness’s unconventional staging for Welsh National Opera sees the orchestra play up a storm under Tomáš Hanus in Wagner’s legend of the man condemned to sail the oceans for eternity The Guardian ...

HK Phil’s compressed Ring cycle recording with Tarmo Peltokoski is Wagner made accessible

The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure is a symphonic narrative of just over an hour The length and heaviness of Wagner operas have long been the stuff of legend and the butt of jokes. Who can forget ...