Details now available for 2015 RWVI Congress in Dessau
Click here to find out more about next year’s RWVI Congress in Dessau, city of Bauhaus. The Congress will feature a brand new Ring cycle, performed as a whole for the first time.
Richard Wagner Verband International – Annual Reports of the Member Societies
The 2013 Annual Reports submitted by all member Societies are now available as a pdf.Wagner Society members are invited to click here to download the report.
A Feminist Perspective on Opera Interpretation: The Case of Richard Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer
A new book that identifies the intersection of gender and religion as at the core of the opera‘s main woman character, Senta.
The Wagner Experience: Review by Dame Gwyneth Jones
Dame Gwyneth Jones reviews Paul Dawson-Bowling’s “The Wagner Experience and its meaning to us”, calling it “the perfect gift, the perfect possession”…
Review: Tristan und Isolde, Royal Opera House
Review of Christof Loy’s production of Tristan und Isolde at the Royal Opera House by Charles Furness-Smith
8th International Singing Competition for Wagner Voices – Karlsruhe
Wagner lovers are invited to come along to hear the semi finals and finals of this prestigious competition in Karlsruhe in October.
Letter to the Financial Times from the Chairman of the Wagner Society
Richard Miles, Chairman of the Wagner Society, wrote a letter to the FT recently, which they duly published, in support of English National Opera. Click here to read it.
An announcement from the Committee regarding membership
Please click here to access some important information from the Committee regarding incorrect sums paid for membership fees.
A tribute to former Wagner Society Chairman Andrew Medlicott
Andrew Medlicott died recently at the age of 72. Roland Matthews, a former member of the Society and editor of ‘Wagner’ magazine has written an appreciation of this fine Wagnerian.
Creativity or desecration?
[Editorial]Terry tells us a little bit about his upcoming book “Richard Wagner: The Lighter Side” and gives his thoughts on Regietheater…
