Richard Wagner News Archives

Bill Viola is internationally recognised as one of the world's leading contemporary artists. via Art Knowledge News

“I'm not clapping for a movie screen.”

Having seen live opera in Prague, Vienna, Verona and Berlin, Ron and Carolyn Parker were eager to add Dennis to that illustrious list. via CapeCodOnline.com

The Troubles of Tristan, Chapter V: Ben is Back. It's been more soap opera than grand opera at the Metropolitan Opera these days where Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is concerned. via 102.9 CKDS-FM

Deborah Voight as Isolde in the Metropolitan Opera's production of "Tristan und Isolde." On Saturday the Metropolitan Opera broadcast at the Town Plaza Cinema will be Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde." The ... via Southeast Missourian

SATURDAY For serious opera fans, there's no better deal than the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series, which beams presentations from New York's famed opera house to movie theaters all over the country. via The Tennessean

“Von einem Kahn, der klein und arm”

When Richard Wagner built his own theater in Bayreuth, Germany, he designed it so that attention would be focused on the singers. via Hartford Courant

Russia may have voted in a new president this weekend, but investors have long since moved on from thinking about who will be Vladimir Putin's successor. via The Moscow Times

“The main reason I started my blog was that I didn't find what I wanted to read on other blogs, and I saw those who wrote about Russia making some fairly serious mistakes and misleading statements that I thought should be corrected”

Under Western Eyes By Marina Kamenev English-language blogs look at Russia's many different faces - the good, the bad and the worse. via The Moscow Times

“We agreed she would start the second act and see how it went”

First Tristan, now Isolde. Already missing tenor Ben Heppner because of a virus, the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" lost Deborah Voigt in the middle of the second act ... via Lexington Herald-Leader

“Madama Butterfly, "Saturday and Sunday, April 19-20; Monday and Tuesday, April 21-22. * The BAC Stage Kids announce the production of "Snow White”

Some suggestions for this weekend and next couple of weeks around Carson City and elsewhere. via Nevada Appeal

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY : Next up in the Hartford Symphony Masterworks Series is music by Richard Wagner , which includes the prelude, Liebestod and other highlights from 'Tristan and Isolde,' an opera about ... via Hartford Courant

Art / Music / Theatre / Events / Etc. Review: Delicious works, incredible talents By PEG GOLDBERG LONGSTRETH 6:45 p.m., Monday, March 10, 2008 The Naples Philharmonic Orchestra's fifth concert in its Great ... via Naples Daily News

The Toll Brothers - 'Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network The 2007 - '08 Metropolitan Opera broadcast season is sponsored by Toll Brothers, America's luxury home builder, with generous long-term ... via Opera News

Bayreuth Festival planners are considering broadcasting some of Richard Wagner's operas on outdoor screens so people can enjoy them for free. via UPI

The New York Philharmonic yesterday became the first American cultural troupe to perform in North Korea. via English Dong-A

Today, Diva Fever hits town as the Masonic Temple hosts IS183's annual Masquerade Ball: Rock the Opera. via Berkshire Eagle Online - Berkshires Week