WAGNER
July/August 2014
Standing at the apex of our culture, the operatic art form remains the supreme test of any composer — as I know from experience
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September 2012
As long as his family still runs the Wagner festival, it will remain tainted by its links with the Nazis
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November 2010
The historian Tim Blanning and the critic Jonathan Bate discuss the place of Romanticism in contemporary culture with the Editor of Standpoint, Daniel Johnson
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November 2010
The latest in the very operatic saga of the Wagner dynasty: Gottfried Wagner's alleged exclusion from the memorial service for his father Wolfgang this weekend has spawned a slew of articles, including mine today in the Indy (
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