Wagner Opera

The March 2014 issue of The Wagner Journal (vol.8, no.1) is out. Here is a brief description of the contents: Feature articles: 'Transformation at Tribschen: How a French Literary Trio Became a Wagnerian Musical Trio' by Heath Lees, describing the visits of Judith Gautier and friends to the Wagners in 1869/70 'Tracking Träume: The Sources and Sounds of Wagner's Wesendonck Lied' by Peter Bloom on the interlocking of the Wesendonck Lieder and Tristan und Isolde 'Wagner Tenors and the Quest for the "Ideal" ' by David Breckbill 'Strange and Forbidden Fruits: A report on the conference at Leeds University' by Tash Siddiqui Plus reviews of: Parsifal at Covent Garden and the Lyric Opera, Chicago, the Ring in Melbourne and a gruelling Wagnerian extravaganza in Lille  the Ring recorded under Franz Konwitschny at Covent Garden in 1959 and at the Metropolitan, New York, under Erich Leinsdorf in 1961–2 The Rienzi directed by J...