38 episodes

The official podcast of Wagneroperas.com

Wagner Operas Podcast Vincent Vargas

    • Arts
    • 4.3 • 26 Ratings

The official podcast of Wagneroperas.com

    The Dutchman at Santa Fe with Francis and Julia

    The Dutchman at Santa Fe with Francis and Julia

    In this podcast my good friends Francis and Julia Creighton discuss their insights into the Santa Fe Opera The Flying Dutchman., which they saw this past summer. Francis and Julia discuss the production, as well as the incredible theater, one of the unique places in the world to hear opera.

    • 23 min
    An A.I. Summer at Bayreuth

    An A.I. Summer at Bayreuth

    This summer the Bayreuth Festival will present a new production of PARSIFAL that will use Augmented Reality glasses. It promises to be a landmark production in the history of Bayreuth.

    • 15 min
    The Wagner That Blooms in the Spring

    The Wagner That Blooms in the Spring

    In this podcast I am joined by my good friend, Francis Creighton, as we explore the custom of presenting Wagner at the MET during Spring time, which coincides with the 2023 new production of Lohengrin from the Metropolitan Opera.
     

    • 52 min
    A Lohengrin for the Ages

    A Lohengrin for the Ages

    This Lohengrin is one of the great recordings of the 1930's from the Bayreuth Festival. It features Franz Völker and Maria Müller, two of the leading singers of the time, in excerpts from this opera. Many consider Völker to be the greatest Lohengrin of the 20th century.
     

    • 42 min
    An Afternoon Walküre at the MET

    An Afternoon Walküre at the MET

     

    The Metropolitan Opera is currently presenting Wagner's Ring, and the return of the Robert Lapage controversial production. Last Saturday I attended a performance of Die Walküre, and the mechanical problems that plagued this staging during the first season now seem to be gone.

    • 28 min
    The Bayreuth Festival 2018

    The Bayreuth Festival 2018

    It’s that time of the year, when that midsummer classic the Bayreuth Festival begins once again. I will be attending this yearly ritual, and ahead of me will be performances of The Flying Dutchman, Parsifal, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and the new production of Lohengrin, directed by the first American to mount a production at the Green Hill.

    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
26 Ratings

26 Ratings

22 West Oak Street ,

Well-done

Informative and particular. Though I wish they offered yet more archived material from the 20th century, the recordings themselves are well suited to enjoyment and education.

dsmith702 ,

Very good...

but does not publish very often

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