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The Wagner Journal

The Wagner Journal, November 2026, Volume 20, Number 3

The Wagner Journal, November 2026, Volume 20, Number 3

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Guest-edited by Tom Grey

 

Features

David Kanaga, Wagner’s Melusina Sketch of 1866: Text and Context

Tom Grey, The Grail Realm as Sacred Space in Parsifal FREE

Kirsten Paige, Fossils, Fingerprints and the ‘Provisional’ Festspielhaus: Towards a Material History of the Bayreuth Festival

 

Reviews (live performances)

Rage Against the Machine: Richard Laing finds plenty that’s artificial, but not a lot of intelligence, in Bayreuth’s AI Ring

Sons and Daughters: Chris Walton is impressed by the cognitive dissonance of Bayreuth’s Holländer

Transfigured Night: Barry Millington is swept away by a revived Tristan at Longborough

Hors d’Oeuvre in Horsley: Tash Siddiqui smacks her lips as Grange Park Opera’s Ring cycle launches in style

An Extended Farewell: A valedictory Walküre for Frank Gehry’s hall, writes Katherine Syer

Danger Music: Edward Christian-Hare marvels at the London Symphony Orchestra’s latest opera in concert

Heart of Stone: Michael Fuller ponders a striking take on Tannhäuser

Senta of Attention: Richard Laing watches as the good ship WNO bids farewell to its captain

 

Reviews (CDs)

Voices from a Golden Age: Edward Christian-Hare assesses early recordings from ‘New Bayreuth’

 

Reviews (DVDs)

On the Road: Richard Laing goes on a European tour in the company of a celebrated tenor

 

Reviews (books)

Of Philosophers, Polymaths and other Idealists: A new book considers Wagner in the wider context of 19th-century thought, as Richard Moukarzel discovers

New York State of Mind: Alexander Shapiro isn’t entirely convinced by a fictionalised account of a great Wagnerian

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