Comprehensive Wagner Sites |
Richard Wagner Archive Edited by Hannu Salmi |
Richard Wagner Web Site Edited by Kristian Evensen |
Richard Wagner Werkstatt Excellent and comprehensive site. In German |
Wagner Operas Richard Wagner and his Operas, edited by Vincent Vargas |
Wagnermanía Up-to-date site featuring Wagner-related news. Edited by Román Rodríguez. In Spanish |
La Hemeroteca Wagneriana A Wagner Archive edited by Francisco Javier Gordillo. In Spanish |
WagnerWeb A vast, well organized collection of Wagnerian resources. In German |
| Richard Wagner Excellent page with loads of Wagner information. In Italian and English |
| Wagneropera.net Comprehensive site from Norway, edited by Per-Erik Skramstad. |
Wagnerheim Paul Heise's quest to grasp the conceptual unity of Richard Wagner's music-drama. |
Wagner Performances |
Wagner in Performance - Ravens Reporting Information about upcoming Wagner performances |
Scholarly Wagner Sites |
Montsalvat A web site exclusively about Parsifal, edited by Derrick Everett |
Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen Edited by John Weinstock at the University of Texas |
Teutonic Mythology and Richard Wagner Edited by Jessica K. McShan at the University of Michigan |
Picasso and Parsifal A short article by Mark Harris, with Picasso illustrations |
Tolkien and Wagner A lecture by Dr. Bradley J. Birzer, Professor of History at Hillsdale College |
| Tolkien's Ring and Der Ring des Nibelungen Excerpt from One Ring to Rule them All by David Harvey |
Richard Wagner - A Powerhouse of Music and Ideas The life and work of Richard Wagner, by Sebastian Mitchell |
Wagner Biographies |
Richard Wagner an article from the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music |
Richard Wagner: Master of the Music Drama a short biography with plenty of info on the thirteen operas |
Richard Wagner Biography A short biography from the Arizona Opera's website |
Richard Wagner Biography -- Internet Public Library A short biography by Robert Sherrane |
Richard Wagner Biography a short essay from Island-of-Freedom.com |
Books by or about Richard Wagner -- E-books from Project Gutenberg |
My Life (Volume I) by Richard Wagner |
My Life (Volume II) by Richard Wagner |
On Conducting by Richard Wagner |
Opera Stories from Wagner by Florence Akin |
The Wagner Story Book by Henry Frost |
Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde;" an essay on the Wagnerian drama by George Ainslie Height |
Parsifal, a Drama by Wagner by Oliver Huckle |
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume I Translated by Francis Hueffer |
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume II Translated by Francis Hueffer
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Wagner by John F. Runciman |
The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring by George Bernard Shaw |
Sources for Wagner's Operas |
The Nibelungenlied Translated into English by Daniel B. Shumway (1909) |
The Story of the Volsungs Translated into English by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson (1888) |
The Prose Edda Written in the year 1200 by Snorri Sturlson, translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916) |
The Poetic Edda Written down from AD 1000 to 1300 in Iceland, translated by Henry Adams Bellows (1936) |
The Works of Wolfram von Eschenbach In German, from the Bibliotheca Augustana |
The High History of the Holy Graal Originally written in Old French, translated by Sebastian Evans (1898) |
Wagner Texts, Libretti, Synopses, and Scores |
The Wagner Library Edited by Patrick Swinkels. Features Wagner's correspondence and complete vocal scores |
Richard Wagner-Dramatiker und Komponist features libretti of the Ring and Rienzi. Edited by Dirk Meyer |
Opera Glass - Richard Wagner A site edited by Rick Bogart with libretti of the major works |
The Musical Themes of the Ring MP3's and scores of all the leitmotives of the Ring |
Archivo Wagner Monumental site, featuring essays, letters, and interview with singers. In Spanish |
Bayreuth |
The Wagner Bayreuth Festival The official site of the yearly summer opera festival at the Festspielhaus |
The Richard Wagner Museum at Bayreuth The official site of the Wahnfried House Museum |
| The Bayreuth Festspielehaus History and information about Bayreuth, by Sebastian Mitchell. In English |
The Festspiele.de Official Site News and updates about the Bayreuth Festival. In German |
Wagner-related Art |
Arthur Rackham's Illustrations to Wagner's The Ring There are sixty-four Rackham illustrations on this site. |
Richard Wagner Postkarten A collection of dozens of old postcards based on Wagner's operas |
| Richard Wagner Postcard-Gallery and Shop Purchase your Richard Wagner postcards, posters and cups |
Historic Opera A huge site with tons of photographs, Bayreuth postcards, and actual antique items for sale. |
Opera Blogs and Forums |
Wellsung Wry operatic commentary and reviews from Alex and Jonathan |
Parterre Box "Unnatural Acts of Opera" with host La Cieca |
Sieglinde's Diaries Blogging about the MET, complete with awesome photographs, via Leon Dominguez |
| Adventures in Opera Singing Bass Campbell Vertesi's opera site and blog |
| The Penitent Wagnerite An opera and classical music blog by Patrick J. Smith |
The Richard Wagner Forum A forum dedicated to the discussion of Wagner and his operas by David A. Wank |
Miscellaneous Wagner Sites |
| The Wagner Tuba All about the instrument created by Adolphe Sax and championed by Richard Wagner |
Wagner Societies |
Richard Wagner Verband International e.V. The International Association of Wagner Societies |
Deutsche Richard Wagner Gesellschaft e.V. The German Wagner Society |
The Wagner Society of New York a major Wagner Society in the United States |
Svenska Wagner-Sällskapet The Swedish Wagner Society |
Wagner Genootschap Nederland The Dutch Wagner Society |
The Wagner Society of Dallas Texas' most important Wagner society |
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