Views & Reviews
Wagner – Here, there & everywhere, by Terence Watson
Minnie Biggs attended the rehearsal and performance of ‘Die Walküre’, December 2024
Report on Bayreuth 2024, by Ross Whitelaw
Impressions of the performance of ‘Tristan und Isolde’ at Copenhagen Opera House on 2 June 2024, by June Donsworth
Marie’s pilgrimage, May 2024
Three impressions: The Brisbane Ring, December 2023, by Terence Watson, Minnie Biggs & Mike Day
Thoughts on the Brisbane Ring 2023, by Peter Bassett
Review: Simone Young’s ‘Das Rheingold’ an experience, 16 November 2023, by Minnie Biggs
‘Das Rheingold’ – Another point of view of the ROH live broadcast, October 2023, by Minnie Biggs
Review: ‘Isolde & Tristan’, Sport for Jove Theatre, at the Old Fitzroy Theatre, September 2023, by Terence Watson
Reviews: Melbourne Opera’s Bendigo Ring Cycle, March – April 2023
Reviews: Melbourne Opera’s ‘Siegfried in Concert’, 27 September 2022
Review: ‘An accidental Valkyrie in Helsinki’, August-September 2022, by The Hon Justice François Kunc
A tale of two rings 2022: Scenography at Bayreuth and Berlin, by Esteban Insausti
Reactions and Observations: The Bayreuth Ring 2022, by Robert Mitchell
Bayreuth 2022: Notes, made immediately after each performance, by Ross Whitelaw
Reflections on the Leipzig Wagner Festival, 20 June – 14 July 2022, by Terry & Julie Clarke
Review: ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’, Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2 July 2022, by Jenny Ferns
Report: Leipzig’s Wagner 22 Festival, June-July 2022, by Terence Watson
Review: ‘Lohengrin’, Opera Australia, Melbourne, 21 & 24 May 2022, by Terence Watson
Brett Johnson recollects Bayreuth 2009
Reflections on Melbourne Opera’s ‘Die Walküre’, February 2022, by Esteban Insausti
Some very personal comments on the outstanding production of ‘Die Walküre’ by Melbourne Opera, February 2022, by Minnie Biggs
Review: Melbourne Opera’s ‘Die Walküre’: A Wagnerian Peak Conquered, 11 February 2022, by Terence Watson
Review: zoom interview with Lise Lindstrom, 3 February 2021, by Ross Whitelaw
Review: ‘Das Rheingold’, Melbourne Opera, 3 February 2021 & livestream, by By Terence Watson
Report: The Opera Foundation for Young Australians 2020 Winners Concert, by Leona Geeves
View: When a dozen Wagners in a quarter (Feb – May 2019) is barely enough, by Esteban Insausti & Agnes Brejzek
Review of the reviews of Alex Ross’ ‘Wagnerism: Art and politics in the shadow of music’, by Minnie Biggs
Reflections by Cameron Menzies
Review: The Ring on a Lap, Opera North, by Minnie Biggs
View: Too big to fail, by Antony Ernst
Book review: Simon Callow’s ‘Being Wagner, the Triumph of the will’, by Roger Cruikshank
Review: ‘Die Walküre’, Singapore, 5 January 2020, by Ross Whitelaw
Review: Bayreuth 2019, by Rhodri Bradley Jones & Dr Lourdes St George
Review: My August 2019 trip, by John Banner
Review: ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’, at Munchner Opernfestspiele – 27 July 2019, by Jenny Ferns
Review: Four days in Budapest, June 2019, by Terry Clarke
Review: ‘Das Reingold’, at Longborough Festival Opera, June 2019, by Terry Clarke
Review: The Met Opera Ring Cycle, April – May 2019, by Minnie Biggs
Review: The Metropolitan Ring Cycle, April – May 2019, by Minnie Biggs
Review: ‘Die Fliegende Holländer’, Malmö, Sweden, 27 & 31 March 2019, by Robert Mitchell
Review: ‘Parsifal’, Victorian Opera, 20 February 2019, by Christopher McCabe
Review: ‘Parsifal’, Victorian Opera, 20, 22 & 24 February 2019, by Terence Watson
Reviews: ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’, Melbourne Opera, 3, 5 & 7 February 2019
Review: A (very) personal report on the San Francisco Ring Cycle, 2018, by Minnie Biggs
Review: ‘Dresden’, Sydney, June 2018, by Terence Watson
Reviews: WASO’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’, August 2018
Review: ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’ in Beijing: A great experience marred by political correctness, 2018, by Colin Mackerras
My trip to Germany, 2018, by Mailis Wakeham
Review: ‘Wahnfried’, the opera, May 2018, by Terry & Julie Clarke
Review: The Ring in Karlsruhe, May 2018, by Terry & Julie Clarke
Review: ‘Parsifal’ at the Bastille, May 2018, by Michael Chesterman
Film reviews: ‘The Wagner Family’, 2018
Reviews: The Wagner version of ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’ and the original Gluck version, 2018
Film reviews: ‘Wagner’s Jews’ by Hilan Warshaw, 2018
Review: The challenges of ‘Tristan und Isolde’, Melbourne, February 2018, by Terence Watson
Review: ‘You will not play Wagner’ by Victor Gordon, Sydney, May 2017, by Terence Watson
Review: New opera ‘Wahnfried’ composed by Avner Dorman, 2017, by Terence Watson
Review: ‘Lohengrin’, Melbourne Opera, August 2017, by Michael Chesterman
Report from Bayreuth, August 2017, by Jenny Ferns
Review: The Opera Australia Concert Performances of ‘Parsifal’ – 10, 12 & 14 August 2017, Colleen Chesterman
Report from Berlin: Wieland and Wagner Symposium and some Music-drama + opera, November 2017, by Esteban Insausti
Review: ‘Lohengrin’, Dresden Semperoper, opening night, May 2016, by Richard Mason
Review: ‘Tannhäuser’ in Melbourne, August 2016 – Who knew!, by Terence Watson
Review: Wagner operas in the US and Germany, May 2016, by Colleen & Michael Chesterton
Review: ‘Das Rheingold’, Chicago Lyric Opera – the beginning of a witty Ring Cycle, October 2016, by Terence Watson
Review: ‘Tristan und Isolde’, Hobart, November 2016, by Colleen Chesterton
Review: The Melbourne Ring Cycle, the 2016 Revival, by Douglas Sturkey
Review: ‘Tristan und Isolde’ at the New York Metropolitan Opera, 2016, by Minnie Biggs
Reviews: Wagner in England, May & June 2016, by June Donsworth
Review: Triumphant reprise of the Stemme/Skelton ‘Tristan und Isolde’ in Hobart, Tasmania, November 2016, by By Colleen Chesterman
The Leipzig Ring Cycle, 2016 – Some thoughts, by Alviro Olave
Review: Wagner’s moments in Germany, 2015, by Colleen & Michael Chesterman
Review: ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’, Victorian Opera, February 2015, by Terence Watson
Review: The Ring in Bucolic Austrian Tyrol, July 2015, by June Donsworth
Book review: ‘Christian Thielemann, My life with Wagner’, 2015, Colin Baskerville
Review: ‘Sensory Overload’ – Frank Castorf’s Ring Cycle, the year after, 2014, by Jim Leigh
Review: ‘Tristan und Isolde’, Berlin Staatsoper, Schiller Theatre, Berlin, December 2014, by David May
Review: ‘Wotan, Erwache! Exhibition’ by Samuel Galileo Quinteros at Galerie Pompom, 25 June – 20 July 2014, by By Terence Watson
Review: The Sophia Ring, July 2014, by Terry & Julie Clarke
Review: August in the USA – Glimmerglass’s ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’, August 2013, by Colleen Chesterman
Review: Armfield’s poor – not cheap – Theatre Ring cycle, 2013, by Terence Watson
Review: The Ring, Opera Australia, Melbourne, 2013, by Richard Mason
Review: The follies of Gods in decline, 2013, by Katie French
Review; ‘Parsifal’, Metropolitan Opera, March 2013, by Max Grubb
Review: The Longborough Ring, 2013, by Terry & Julie Clarke
Review: Ring Cycle in Riga, Latvia, June 2013, by Roger Cruickshank
Review: The Ring at La Scala, June 2013, Liz Jacka, Colleen & Michael Chesterman, & Lyn Longfoot
Book Review: ‘Music in 1853 – The biography of a year’ by Hugh Macdonald, 2013, by Colleen Chesterman
Review: ‘Die Feen’, Leipzig Opera, May 2013, by Barbara Brady
Book Review: ‘Wagner and Venice Fictionalised’ by John W Barker, 2013, by Terence Watson
Two book reviews, 2013, by Terence Watson
Book Reviews: Investigating Wagner and Women: Two significant contributions, 2013, by Colleen Chesterman
Book review: ‘Great, grand & famous opera houses … where art and drama meet’, 2013, by Mike Day
Afterthoughts from the Armfield Ring, Melbourne, 2013, by Roger Cruickshank
Review: Teatro Colón Ring, 2012, by Lourdes St George
Review: Metropolitan Opera’s Ring Cycle – Second Cycle, April-May 2012 , Terence Watson
Review: ‘Götterdämmerung’ In The Cotswolds, 2012, by Terry Clarke
Review: Travelling North: Succumbing to the Lure of the Rhinemaidens, 2012, by Katie French
Review: Simone Young’s Brisbane-Hamburg Opera Festival, 2012, by Colleen Chesterman & Terence Watson
Response: ‘1813 Wagner & Verdi: A Celebration’ By Peter Bassett, 2012, by Katie French
Review: ‘Siegfried’ – Metropolitan Opera, 1 December 2011 -“This Ring Is Cursed”, by Richard Mason
Review: ‘Die Meistersinger’ at Glyndebourne, June 2011, by Colleen & Michael Chesterman, Charles Manning
Review: A Triumphant ‘Ring’ For San Francisco, 2011, by Katie French
Review: San Francisco Ring Cycle (Cycle 2), 2011, by Max Grubb
Reviews: ‘Das Rheingold’, Metropolitan Opera – Live, & Sydney Screening, 2010, by Richard Mason, John Collis & Ian Cowan
Review: Redemption In Ten Dimensions, Stefan Herheim’s Bayreuth, by ‘Parsifal’, 2010, by Jim Leigh
Review: ‘Tannhäuser’ Und Der Sängerkrieg Auf Wartburg, June 2010, by Richard Mason
Review: A Revolutionary Ring In Los Angeles, 2010, by Graham Bruce
Review: ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’, Bayreuth, 2009, by Terence Watson
Review: The ‘Baptism of Fire’ documentary about Katherina Wagner’s ‘Die Meistersinger’, 2009, by Robert Lloy
“Katharina Wagner Should Be Shot” – A Personal Reaction to Meistersinger in the Flesh, 2009, by Patricia Baillie
Review: ‘Der Fliegende Holländer’, Adelaide, 2009, by Terence Watson
Review: A Polished Vienna Ring, 2009, by Jan Bowen
