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Davidsen's Isolde
In early 2026 soprano Lise Davidsen will perform the role of Isolde in two cities: first in Barcelona, then New York City in March. In 2024, Ms. Davidsen tried out the role "on the road" when she…
Wagner in July
In this episode we present a rarely heard piece by the composer, comisioned to celebrate the Centennial of the United States of America.
The Dutchman at Santa Fe with Francis and Julia
In this podcast my good friends Francis and Julia Creighton discuss their insights into the Santa Fe Opera The Flying Dutchman., which they saw this past summer. Francis and Julia discuss the…
An A.I. Summer at Bayreuth
This summer the Bayreuth Festival will present a new production of PARSIFAL that will use Augmented Reality glasses. It promises to be a landmark production in the history of Bayreuth.
The Wagner That Blooms in the Spring
In this podcast I am joined by my good friend, Francis Creighton, as we explore the custom of presenting Wagner at the MET during Spring time, which coincides with the 2023 new production of…
A Lohengrin for the Ages
This Lohengrin is one of the great recordings of the 1930's from the Bayreuth Festival. It features Franz Völker and Maria Müller, two of the leading singers of the time, in excerpts from this opera.…
An Afternoon Walküre at the MET
The Metropolitan Opera is currently presenting Wagner's Ring, and the return of the Robert Lapage controversial production. Last Saturday I attended a performance of Die Walküre, and the mechanical…
The Bayreuth Festival 2018
It's that time of the year, when that midsummer classic the Bayreuth Festival begins once again. I will be attending this yearly ritual, and ahead of me will be performances of The Flying Dutchman,…
Herrmann and Wagner
In this podcast, we explore the link between the musical score of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo, written by composer Bernard Herrmann, and the music of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.…
Parsifal at the Metropolitan Opera - 2018
When Parsifal is playing in town at the Metropolitan Opera it is a not-to-be-missed event. Luckily this year, I get to see it twice. My first visit was yesterday at the Saturday matinee. I was joined…
A Trip to Bayreuth in 1905
A guidebook to the city of Bayreuth, written at the turn of the century, got me thinking: I wonder what a trip to Bayreuth would have been like in those days. In this video podcast we will take a…
Wagner's Christmas
The Christmas season does not usually bring to mind the music of Richard Wagner, but it should, for on Christmas morning, in the year 1870, Cosima, the composer's wife, woke from her slumbers to a…
Halloween with the Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) is Richard Wagner's answer to Halloween. The story of a ghostly sea captain who is doomed to sail the seven seas for eternity is the perfect opera to…
Todesverkündigung
My favorite moment in the Ring of the Nibelung occurs in the second act of Die Walküre. Brünnhilde visits Siegmund to tell him that he will die in battle and that she will take him to Valhalla. This…
Bayreuth Summer Artists
My journey to Bayreuth this summer was filled with so many great performers by a host of very talented singing actors. Thinking about the month of August and the great performances I saw and heard, I…
A Tribute to Tannhäuser
After so many years of doing these podcasts I realized that I had never done a program dedicated exclusively to one of my favorite Wagner operas, Tannhäuser. So here is an audio show highlighting…
The Silenced Voices of Bayreuth
Currently at the Bayreuth Festival there is an exhibit called "Silenced Voices." It is a tribute to the many singers, artists, and musicians who, during the Third Reich, were banned from the festival…
Vincent and Francis visit Bayreuth
During these uncertain days, when the whole world seems to be enveloped by confusion, war, and hate, Vincent and his guest Francis visit the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth and speak about their admiration…
Wieland Wagner: One Hundred Years
This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wieland Wagner, the composer's grandson, who in 1951 revolutionized the staging of his grandfather's work when he reopened the Bayreuth…
Bayreuth 2017 Opening Night
The Bayreuth Festival opened this week with a new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wagner's only comedy. Barrie Kosky, the director of this production has focused on the antisemitism…
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