A new issue of The Wagner Journal (editor: Barry Millington) is out. You can order your copy here: http://www.thewagnerjournal.co.uk/howtobuy.html FEATURES Heroic Gestures and Family Values in Wagner’s Ring Arnold Whittall The Kiss of the Dragon-slayer Barry Emslie Wieland Wagner’s Intellectual Path Ingrid Kapsamer REVIEWS Live Performances Science, Sets and Symbols in Der Ring des Nibelungen David Trippett appraises the Covent Garden ‘Ring’ and an accompanying book DVDs Tradition in Vienna, Laboratory Experiment in Bayreuth Graeme Feggetter assesses contrasting productions of Lohengrin Nuremberg Life and Afterlife Roland Matthews is concerned that David McVicar’s Glyndebourne production of Meistersinger fails to take account of its legacy CDs Take Five: Tristan und Isolde David Breckbill weighs the merits of the fifth release in Janowski’s complete Wagner project, and muses on his past and future Ring cycles Fading Glory Matthew Rye is doubtful a
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