The Wagner Journal

The world's leading periodical devoted to Wagner studies, published three times a year (March, July, November). Editor: Barry Millington

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For a (one-time) complimentary copy of The Wagner Journal in pdf form, and details of how to subscribe, please send an email, mentioning this Twitter account, to [email protected]

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A reminder that you can now stream the whole of the recent Ring cycle from @StaatsoperBLN for free @ARTEen until the middle of February...
https://t.co/DiWtEQOiKt #TeamWagner

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.@DGclassics is launching its new audio/video streaming service Stage+ (@stageplusmusic) with a programme including the 2022 Bayreuth Ring cycle streamed across a week from 28 November. https://t.co/cubnCE3MVo #TeamWagner

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Das Rheingold in Dmitri Tcherniakov's new @StaatsoperBLN staging is now streaming on demand on Arte until mid-February (working without a VPN in UK): https://t.co/BQcBSYBjVE
The full Ring cycle is also promised soon...

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The November 2022 issue of The Wagner Journal is out. Features include @BehemothMusic on the influence of Wagner on Sibelius; early criticism of Meistersinger and Parsifal; Winifred Wagner; and an extract from Laurence Dreyfus's new Parsifal novel
https://t.co/rtn1MHLBAH (1/2)

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Reviews include the new @WagnerFestival Ring cycle; Tannhäuser @staatsoperHH; Meistersinger @deutsche_oper; Tristan @santafeopera; Siegfried @lfotweet; plus Eva Rieger on a new biography of Houston Stewart Chamberlain
https://t.co/rtn1MHLBAH (2/2)

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The November 2022 issue of The Wagner Journal is out. Features include @BehemothMusic on the influence of Wagner on Sibelius; early criticism of Meistersinger and Parsifal; Winifred Wagner; and an extract from Laurence Dreyfus's new Parsifal novel
https://t.co/rtn1MHLBAH (1/2)

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For those au fait mit Deutsch: a radio interview in which Eva Rieger talks about her new biography of Wagner's daughter Isolde. (The book will be reviewed in a forthcoming issue of The Wagner Journal.)
https://t.co/vjtWIyUPDI

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Catch up with news of the 2023 Bayreuth Festival on the @WagnerFestival feed.

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In Kürze beginnt unsere diesjährige #Pressekonferenz! Unter #BFPK22 erfahren Sie die wichtigsten Neuigkeiten.

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The July 2022 edition of The Wagner Journal is out now. Guest-edited by Chris Walton, it has a special focus on the influence of Wagner on literature; plus reviews of live performances, the latest recordings and books. Subscribe or get your copy here: https://t.co/8rAAT7NPwj

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If you couldn't get to Stuttgart for its recent three-director Walküre, Stuttgart comes to you (until 3 June): https://t.co/OETCZBP0gI

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If you didn't think there were any more ways left to present Wagner's Ring, think again: @staatstheaterbs is staging a cycle as a combination of opera, spoken theatre and dance productions, all in one season: https://t.co/8YEmboC1ff

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The Vienna State Opera's new Tristan und Isolde (dir. Bieito) is being streamed live this afternoon at 4pm (BST)/5pm (CET):
https://t.co/b2UTu0Ty75

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A reminder that the Deutsche Oper Berlin/Herheim/Runnicles Ring cycle is now streaming on demand (VPN may be needed): https://t.co/YRFWtsrQ77

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The March 2022 issue of The Wagner Journal is out now. The cover features the 'real' Minna - we unravel the confusion with a later namesake; other articles look at early perceptions of anti-Semitism in the Ring, and the soundscape of Syberberg's Parsifal film, plus...

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... a new translation of Wagner's lecture 'On the Destiny of Opera', and a tribute to Norman Bailey.

Reviews includes Wagner performances in Berlin, London, New York and Mannheim, CD recitals from three leading sopranos, and books on Wieland Wagner and Wagner's 'Musikdrama'.

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The March 2022 issue of The Wagner Journal is out now. The cover features the 'real' Minna - we unravel the confusion with a later namesake; other articles look at early perceptions of anti-Semitism in the Ring, and the soundscape of Syberberg's Parsifal film, plus...

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Berlin's Staatsoper announces dates for its new Barenboim/Tcherniakov Ring Cycle, launching in one go, Bayreuth-style, in October:
https://t.co/V3GD072ttR

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The performance schedule for the 2022 Bayreuth Festival has been published: https://t.co/BrzkCpbkzs

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Free streaming alert: a German symposium on Wieland Wagner's legacy and influence in opera production will be viewable via YouTube and Facebook, Thursday 3 Feb, 7pm CET (6pm GMT):
https://t.co/QlAO3rMhKw

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This follows @NTheaterMA's new Der fliegende Holländer, also conducted by Soddy, which opens on 12 February in a staging by Roger Vontobel, and a revival of its 1950s production of Parsifal from April.

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Performance news: Mannheim's Nationaltheater @NTheaterMA has published dates for its Ring cycle in July, to be staged by Yona Kim using large-scale projections and representing music director Alexander Soddy's farewell production; casting to be announced: https://t.co/XOag5dfYLS