Music and Film | The Leitmotif: Music as Narrative in Opera and Film
On May 14, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will perform the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, an opera in which certain musical ideas…
Browsing: Richard Wagner
Review | A Rheingold Reforged: Petrenko, Berliner & Serebrennikov in Salzburg
There are productions that succeed, productions that impress, and—very rarely—productions that bring the art form to a new level. The new Das Rheingold at the…
Tristan und Isolde at Festival de Lanaudière: A Listener’s Guide
On Aug. 3, Yannick Nézet-Séguin will bring Festival de Lanaudière’s 2025 season to a close, conducting one of the most transcendent operas in the repertoire:…
Festival de Lanaudière: Renaud Loranger on Themes of Altérité
Programming Richard Wagner in the 21st century is never going to be simple. But Renaud Loranger, the Joliette-born artistic director of Festival de Lanaudière since…
Review | Bayreuth Festival 2024: Wagner revisited
One of the most unique features of the annual Bayreuth Festival dedicated to the operas of Richard Wagner is the opportunity it affords to revisit…
Andris Nelsons Plus Bruckner Equals Sleep
Bruckner: 4th symphony/7th symphony (DG) Andris Nelsons prefaces two Anton Bruckner symphonies with small bites of Wagner – the prelude to Lohengrin and Siegfried’s funeral march. This…
In Wahnfried, It Ain’t Over ‘til Wagner’s Son-in-Law Sings!
PROFILE AND INTERVIEW: An advance discussion with Avner Dorman about his new opera: Wahnfried “When I started working on this project,” recalls Avner Dorman, “there…
