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Wagner Society Blogs
Radiocasts on Demand: ROH Tristan und Isolde and Met Die Meistersinger
Posted on December 30, 2014
In case you missed listening to the recent operas from the Met and the ROH, you may catch the replays on demand via BBC Radio 3:
Listen: Tristan und Isolde - December 29, 2014, 11:45 AM EST
Posted on December 27, 2014
Nina Stemme sings Isolde with Stephen Gould at the Royal Opera House.
See review posted on Dec 15: Completely satisfying and fearless: Nina Stemme
Soprano next door, will be "next door"
Posted December 27, 2014
The JCC-SF will be hosting soprano Deborah Voigt in conversation with Kip Cranna on Tuesday February 17th at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now and all who purchase a ticket will receive a copy of Voigt's autobiography "Call Me Debbie".
This program is presented in cooperation with the San Francisco Opera.
Individual tickets are priced at $45 and premium seating at $55. Paired tickets (one book, two tickets) are available at $70 and premium pair $85.
Happy Birthday Cosima
Posted December 24, 2014
Born this day in 1837 in Como, Italy to proud parents Marie d'Agoult (pen name Daniel Stern) and pianist and composer Franz Liszt, their second daughter Francesca Gaetana Cosima Liszt (later von Bülow & Wagner).
'Tis the Season
Posted December 22, 2014
This holiday pun came up on an opera discussion board. It seemed worth passing along . . . .
Interview: Nina Stemme on Wagner roles
Posted December 20, 2014
Nina Stemme: Tristan's death wish and why Kundry must wait.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/11250113/Nina-Stemme-I-fo...
Video: Siegfried Act I
Posted December 20, 2014
Queen City Chamber Opera, in collaboration with the Wagner Society of Cincinnati, continue to produce their Ring cycle - albeit one act at a time.
http://www.the-wagnerian.com/2014/12/watch-now-siegfried-act-1.html
Grace period for latecomers
Posted on December 19, 2014
La Scala Opera House introduces five-minute grace period for latecomers.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/17/la-scala-milan-opera-house-...
Forwarded by Diane Parker.
Met Production's Retirement Party
Posted December 17, 2014
Schenk's 'Die Meistersinger' at Lincoln Center, New York Times, Anthony Tommasini, December 3, 2014
More Sad News . . .
Posted December 15, 2014
It is also reported that mezzo soprano Janis Martin died yesterday at her home in San Antonio, Texas. Janis Martin was a Sacramento native who studied at Sacramento State University and the University of California Berkeley. Martin started her career singing comprimario roles at the San Francisco Opera beginning in 1960. She went on to sing Brünnhilde in San Francisco in 1990 alternating with Gwyneth Jones and Hildegard Behrens.