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The November 2016 issue (vol.10, no.3) of The Wagner Journal

The November 2016 issue (vol.10, no.3) of The Wagner Journal , contains the following articles: Daniel Sheridan on the 1850 premiere of Lohengrin and its contribution to Weimar’s cultural heritage Eva Rieger on Frida Leider and her controversial career in 1930s Germany Jonas Karlsson on little-known Wagnerian iconography in the satirical journal Kladderadatsch, 1914–1944 Plus reviews of: the new Parsifal and revived Tristan at Bayreuth, Daniel Kramer's Tristan at ENO, David Bösch's Die Meistersinger in Munich, Graham Vick's Tristan in Berlin, Francesca Zambello's Ring in Washington and Mariame Clément's Das Liebesverbot in Mulhouse DVD of Katharina Wagner's Bayreuth Tristan Books: Roger Scruton's The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's 'Ring of the Nibelung'; Barry Emslie's Speculations on German History: Culture and the State; Peter Franklin's Reclaiming Late-Romantic Music: Singing Devils and Distant Sounds; and Ortrun L

The Bayreuth Festival, 2016

Mark Berry's reviews of Frank Castorf's Ring, Katharina Wagner's Tristan and Uwe Eric Laufenberg's at the Bayreuth  Festival are published now on Wagneropera.net: Das Rheingold (Castorf / Janowski), Bayreuth Festival, 2016 Die Walküre (Castorf / Janowski), Bayreuth Festival, 2016 Siegfried (Castorf / Janowski), Bayreuth Festival, 2016 Götterdämmerung (Castorf / Janowski), Bayreuth Festival, 2016 Tristan und Isolde (K. Wagner / Thielemann), Bayreuth Festival, 2016 Parsifal (Laufenberg / Haenchen), Bayreuth Festival, 2016

The Wagner Journal

A new issue of The Wagner Journal is out. Here are some of the content: 'The "Missing Link" in the Evolution of Wagner's Siegfried by Edward A. and Paula M. Bortnichak 'Wagner's Siegfried Act III Scene 1: A Study in "Renunciation of the Will" and the "Sublime" by Richard H. Bell 'Steadfast and Upstanding: Franz Wilhelm Beidler, Richard Wagner's Eldest Grandson' by Dagny Beidler Reviews of: Christopher Alden's Tristan und Isolde in Karlsruhe, Mario Corradi's Tannhäuser in Aachen, Mariusz Trelinski's Tristan und Isolde in Baden-Baden, Philipp Stölzl's Rienzi in Berlin and Lynn Binstock's The Rinse Cycle in London DVDs of various productions at Bayreuth over the last decade CDs of Lohengrin conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch in Munich (1963) and by Karl Böhm in Vienna (1965), of Die Walküre and Siegfried conducted by Marek Janowski (1981–2), and of Wagner-inspired choral works under the title Rhein

Bortnichak on Frank Castorf's Ring production at Bayreuth

On The Wagner Journal's website you can read an extended essay by Edward A. & Paula M. Bortnichak on Frank Castorf's Ring production at Bayreuth. The authors discuss the bold interpretations of Wagner's works at Bayreuth over the last decade in the context of deconstructionist approaches to literature and theatre, concluding with a dramaturgical analysis of the Castorf Ring. This landmark article should prove invaluable to anyone intending to see the production, but will also make stimulating and enlightening reading for anyone interested in the staging of Wagner's works in the modern era. The article and other free content can be accessed here. Read the essay here http://www.thewagnerjournal.co.uk/castorfring.html

Longborough Festival Opera announces 2016 season

Over the past decade and a half Longborough Festival Opera has gradually built an international reputation for its productions, led by its performances of Wagner. Longborough is now announcing its 2016 Summer Season featuring four operatic masterpieces with a line-up of artists which includes some familiar to Longborough but also many fresh faces. Wagner’s Tannhäuser Music Director Anthony Negus - a conductor with over fifty years’ experience of Wagner’s stage works - received rave reviews from critics for his conducting of Tristan und Isolde in 2015. This year, along with director Alan Privett, Negus turns his attention to a new production of Tannhäuser with John Treleaven and Neal Cooper in the title role (see cast dates below). Never one to shy away from the seemingly impossible, Longborough’s production of Tannhäuser will see the largest cast ever to have sung on our stage. FULL CAST Tannhäuser          John Treleaven (9, 14, 18 June), Neal Cooper (11