About The Wagner Journal
Established in 2007, The Wagner Journal is the world’s leading periodical devoted exclusively to Wagner studies. Combining top-quality writing and high production values, the journal is required reading for anyone concerned with the Wagner phenomenon historically or in performance today. It is edited by Barry Millington.
Issues of The Wagner Journal
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The Wagner Journal, March 2026, Volume 20, Number 1
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The Wagner Journal, November 2025, Volume 19, Number 3
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The Wagner Journal, July 2025, Volume 19, Number 2
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Sir Donald McIntyre Obituary
This obituary of Sir Donald McIntyre by the editor of The Wagner Journal, Barry Millington, appeared in the ’Guardian’ on 29 November 2025
Sir Donald McIntyre Obituary
This obituary of Sir Donald McIntyre by the editor of The Wagner Journal, Barry Millington, appeared in the ’Guardian’ on 29 November 2025
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Deconstruction and the Modern Bayreuth Festival
Edward A. Bortnichak and Paula M. Bortnichak on a post-dramatic approach to Wagner’s great tetralogy with a dramaturgical analysis of the Castorf Bayreuth ’Ring’
Deconstruction and the Modern Bayreuth Festival
Edward A. Bortnichak and Paula M. Bortnichak on a post-dramatic approach to Wagner’s great tetralogy with a dramaturgical analysis of the Castorf Bayreuth ’Ring’
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Faithful, All Too Faithful
A substantial biography by David Cormack on William Ashton Ellis and the Englishing of Richard Wagner
Faithful, All Too Faithful
A substantial biography by David Cormack on William Ashton Ellis and the Englishing of Richard Wagner
Other Back Content
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Samuel L. Leiter, Brooklyn and the ‘Parsifal’ Craze of 1904: Or, How a 50-Cent Stock Company turned Wagner’s Music Drama into a Drama with Music
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Victoria Parrott, ‘Das freie kühne Weib’: ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ and the German Women’s Movement
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Eva Rieger, Is Brünnhilde Raped? Searching for Clues in Music, Text and Productions
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Back to Basics in Berlin: Hugo Shirley sees the advantages of a stripped-down production
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