Wagner Week
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In the Footsteps of Richard Wagner: Zürich
Zürich, Wagner's base for nine years, became a place where he could reflect upon, and amplify, his ideas and theories, writes Fred Plotkin.
Jul 24, 2013 -
Wagner Week: Do Not Grab This 'Ring' Casually
Written over 26 years, the Ring Cycle takes 16 hours to perform from start to finish. Today, we explore the work's subtleties in greater depth.
Jul 24, 2013 -
Map: A Guide to Ring Cycles Around the Globe
With the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner's birth this year come productions of the composer's Ring cycle around the world. Check out our interactive map to find a production near you.
Jul 24, 2013 -
Wagnerites: Classical Music's Most Obsessed Fans
When a new production of the Ring Cycle is planned, opera administrators will bank on a significant portion of their audience coming from the ranks of Wagernites or "Ring nuts." Just what makes these fans tick?
Jul 23, 2013 -
Wagner Week: The Composer's Innovations
For the second day of Wagner Week, we turn our focus to Wagner's innovations -- dramatic, musical, structural and otherwise.
Jul 23, 2013 -
Wagner Explainer: Can We Separate the Man from His Music?
We've asked several Wagner scholars, conductors and critics about how they deal with issues around Wagner's troublesome character traits: his anti-Semitism, misogyny and narcissism.
Jul 22, 2013 -
Wagner Week: The Life of Richard Wagner
WQXR is focusing the week of July 22-28 on Richard Wagner, that consummate man of the theater who is one of history's greatest – and most controversial – opera composers.
Jul 22, 2013 -
Richard Wagner, Comedy Icon?
Not often do we associate the 19th-century composer with comedy. There are, however, a surprising number of references to Wagner and his compositions in popular culture today.
Jul 22, 2013 -
A Sampling of Noteworthy Wagner Recordings for 2013
Whatever troubles currently plague the record industry, both major labels and independents have provided a respectable assortment of new releases for the Wagner bicentenary. Here are a half-dozen to get you started.
Jul 21, 2013 -
The Ring and I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania
Tonight at 7 pm, a one-hour special on what some claim to be "The Greatest Work of Art Ever." We explore how the grandeur and power of Wagner's monumental 'Ring' has permeated our culture.
Sep 25, 2010