In conversation with conductor Richard Farnes We are delighted to welcome Richard Farnes, the conductor, to our monthly Zoom series at 7pm on Monday November 14th. Richard was Music Director of Opera North from 2004 to 2016., during which time he developed a close affinity with Wagner, touring concert, video-enhanced, performances of the Ring across… Continue reading In Conversation with Richard Farnes
Birmingham Opera Company's RhineGold A talk by Richard Willacy, the executive director of the company. Monday 13th December 2021
Wagner in Venice Simon Rees Monday 8th November Richard Wagner spent two significant periods in Venice, the first in 1858 when he went there from Zurich after the breakdown of his marriage over his friendship with the poet Mathilde von Wesendonck, and the second in 1883, when he and Cosima, his second wife, wintered… Continue reading Wagner in Venice
