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Richard Wagner

Book Review: Alex Ross’s Dizzying, Engrossing, and Sometimes Overwhelming Exploration of Wagnerism

For Alex Ross, Wagnerism is as profound and far-reaching an aesthetic ideology – for good, ill, and all degrees in between – as any.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: Alex-Ross, Richard Wagner, Wagnerism

Opera CD Review: Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger,” Sung in Italian, Beautifully, with Conversational Ease

A 1962 concert performance from Radio Italiana, now on CD, shows how delightful Wagner can sound without barking and slow wobbles.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Radio Italiana, Ralph P. Locke, Richard Wagner

Concert Review: The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra plays Wagner—Superbly

The biggest takeaway from the evening was the superb quality of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s playing.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Wagner

Opera Review: A Triumphant Bang of a “Rienzi” From Odyssey Opera

For their debut on Sunday, Odyssey Opera and conductor Gil Rose could hardly have picked a more spectacular, unfamiliar epic than they did.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Gil-Rose, Kristian Benedikt, Mary Jane Wray, Odyssey Opera, Richard Wagner, Rienzi

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