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His name is Richard Wagner, and if you let him, that's what he'll do. Of course, you mightn't show him in through the door in th...

The Ring cycle is about to begin at Covent Garden, and yesterday a friend kindly invited me to the dress rehearsal of Das Rheingold . Opera...

It's always interesting to read bad reviews, even if one cringes while so doing. But those that have attended the new Pélléas et Mélisan...

Yes, they did this. The last scene of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 's second act is usually stirring, but doesn't often make t...

Regrettably I haven't been able to attend Opera North's much-lauded Ring cycle myself, but a great friend and passionate Wagnerian T...

I'm officially on holiday - a long way off, somewhere hot and sunny that involves hammocks, trees and the sound of the sea. But there&...

Angela Denoke as Kundry & Simon O'Neill as Parsifal. Photos: Clive Barda Yesterday I mentioned that the Royal Opera's new P...

A weekend full of anniversaries kicks off with a new weekly "soapbox" slot, which the stringed instrument dealers Amati.com have ...

I've written an article for The Independent about creating my new play, SINS OF THE FATHERS, which is premiered next Sunday in the Inte...

So last night, here in Munich, I heard Don Carlo with Jonas Kaufmann sounding perhaps the best I've ever heard him (and you know how ...

Here's my write-up for the Indy of last night at the Proms , where things are turning seriously steamy in the Ring. A slightly less pa...

The sun is shining, Andy Murray's in the final and next week it's time for the Proms to begin. This season is stuffed full of Wag...

Feel as if I am being flown like a kite by Wagner today, after a glorious performance of Die Walkure last night at Longborough . Here is ...

It's not easy to choose a Friday Historical for Wagner Woche, and this extract dates from 1976, which in the grand scheme of things is...

Dear Richard, It's your big birthday today, so we have to do this now. Listen, mate. I love you. I can't help it. You can'...