Ranked #1
Bayreuth 2010: Of Rats and Men and Lohengrin
Bayreuth 2010: Of Rats and Men and Lohengrin
No stranger to controversy these days The Bayreuth Festival opened at the end of July with a new production of Lohengrin... Read more
8 Aug 2010
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1hr 1min
Ranked #2
Richard Wagner: Before the Operas
Richard Wagner: Before the Operas
Richard Wagner composed his Symphony in C Major at the age of nineteen. It is clearly the work of a young man influenced... Read more
9 Mar 2007
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42mins
Ranked #3
Bayreuth Festival 2006: Götterdämmerung
Bayreuth Festival 2006: Götterdämmerung
This performance of Götterdämmerung brings to a close the new production of the Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth ... Read more
16 Aug 2006
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1hr 1min
Ranked #4
The Golden Age of Wagnerian Opera at the MET
The Golden Age of Wagnerian Opera at the MET
Most critics will agree that the richest period of Wagnerian singing in The United States took place during the 1940's, ... Read more
2 Jul 2006
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #5
Bayreuth Festival 2006: Die Walküre
Bayreuth Festival 2006: Die Walküre
At this year's Bayreuth Festival, one thing is certain: the new production of the Ring is receiving standing ovations t... Read more
4 Aug 2006
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #6
Bayreuth Festival 2006: Das Rheingold
Bayreuth Festival 2006: Das Rheingold
The highlight of this year's Bayreuth Festival is the new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, staged by director Tank... Read more
29 Jul 2006
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57mins
Ranked #7
Todesverkündigung
Todesverkündigung
My favorite moment in the Ring of the Nibelung occurs in the second act of Die Walküre. Brünnhilde visits Siegmund to t... Read more
9 Sep 2017
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19mins
Ranked #8
A Tribute to Tannhäuser
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 m... Read more
24 Aug 2017
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52mins
Ranked #9
Toscanini at Salzburg: The 1936 Meistersinger
Toscanini at Salzburg: The 1936 Meistersinger
Arturo Toscanini was the most sought-after conductor in the 1930's. He became the first Italian to conduct at Bayreuth, ... Read more
15 Jun 2007
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1hr 15mins
Ranked #10
The 1928 Bayreuth Tristan und Isolde (Part 1)
The 1928 Bayreuth Tristan und Isolde (Part 1)
This podcast presents excerpts from the 1928 recording of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Technical difficulties during thi... Read more
15 May 2006
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40mins
Ranked #11
Bayreuth Summer Artists
Bayreuth Summer Artists
My journey to Bayreuth this summer was filled with so many great performers by a host of very talented singing actors. ... Read more
1 Sep 2017
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40mins
Ranked #12
Halloween with the Flying Dutchman
Halloween with the Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) is Richard Wagner’s answer to Halloween. The story of a ghostly sea capta... Read more
29 Oct 2017
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24mins
Ranked #13
The Italian Wagnerians
The Italian Wagnerians
For many years, Italian was a second language to Wagner's operas, as scores of Italian singers performed the composer's ... Read more
7 May 2006
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42mins
Ranked #14
Bayreuth Festival 2006: Siegfried
Bayreuth Festival 2006: Siegfried
One of the delights of the past two Bayreuth Festivals was listening to tenor Stephen Gould mesmerize audiences with his... Read more
8 Aug 2006
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50mins
Ranked #15
Wagner's Christmas
Wagner's Christmas
The Christmas season does not usually bring to mind the music of Richard Wagner, but it should, for on Christmas morning... Read more
17 Dec 2017
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25mins