Wagner Operas Podcast

Vincent Vargas
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The official podcast of Wagneroperas.com

  1. 08/08/2025

    Davidsen's Isolde

    In early 2026 soprano Lise Davidsen will perform the role of Isolde in two cities: first in Barcelona, then New York City in March. In 2024, Ms. Davidsen tried out the role "on the road" when she sang Act II in a concert performance in Munich. The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra was led by Sir Simon Rattle.

    1h 22m

  2. 07/21/2025

    Wagner in July

    In this episode we present a rarely heard piece by the composer, comisioned to celebrate the Centennial of the United States of America.

    18 min

  3. 11/04/2023

    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

  4. 07/12/2023

    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.

    16 min

  5. 05/29/2023

    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
  6. A Lohengrin for the Ages

    05/20/2023

    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.

    43 min

  7. 04/02/2019

    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.

    29 min

  8. 07/30/2018

    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
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The official podcast of Wagneroperas.com

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  • Creator
    Vincent Vargas
  • Years Active
    2006 - 2025
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 by wagneroperas.com
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