
Hans Knappertsbusch led Wagner’s Parisfal at the Bayreuth Festival in 1951 and 1952, and then annually from 1954 through 1964. For some reason his August
[This review from our archives is in memory of Grace Bumbry, January 4, 1937-May 7, 2023.] This is not to be confused with the (rightly)
This is neither a Lohengrin to seek out for its direction, nor to avoid because of it. As drama, it can’t begin to touch the
As hard as it is to believe that there are more vintage recordings of Tristan coming to light, it’s even harder to believe that anyone
This, the final installment in the recently-discovered, first-ever stereo Ring
Siegfried launched Testament’s first-ever release of the 1955 Bayreuth Ring
This was the second release in the much-awaited, almost legendary
Das Rheingold marked the third installment of the so-called “missing”
This is the production that got side-tracked three years ago when it was discovered that the singer to star in the opera, Evgeny Nitikin, had
Back in the 70s an article appeared in the New