An intrepid British fringe opera company and its dauntless conductor-arranger have taken on a bold project that has defeated ...

The conductor Nathalie Stutzmann led Lorin Maazel’s coolly efficient 1987 distillation, “The ‘Ring’ Without Words,” at David ...

The recent publication of Unity Mitford’s newly discovered diaries – a macabre fanzine to Adolf Hitler – has reignited ...

“The set for the Valkyries scene is quite far back on stage ... It felt very easy, like a pin could drop.” Regents Opera performs Wagner’s Ring at York Hall, London from 9th–16th February and 23rd ...

The most famous Valkyrie is Brunhild. Her story was later immortalized in the operas of Wagner, but we first meet Brunhild in the Volsunga. Brunhild is commanded by Odin to intervene in a battle ...

If you like looking at pictures of Alfred Roller’s sets for Götterdāmmerung or portraits of Jean de Reszke as Siegfried or Birgit Nilsson as Brünnhilde, you would likely have enjoyed the New York ...

Short Ride in a Fast Machine was written for the opening of an American music festival and is a great example of minimalist music, using repeated patterns over a steady beat. Kerry Andrew - No ...

During a performance of Wagner’s opera The Valkyrie at the Wielki Theatre in Warsaw, a pleograph is used to project the first video projections in the country. In 1903, the Pleograph Company files for ...

Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m., instructor Rabbi Eli will offer Decoding the Talmud, a new six-session course by the ...

Productions take very different approaches to the central symbol of this epic cycle, treating Wagner with daring freedom.

On Tuesday, it was announced that former Mets closer Billy Wagner earned induction by gathering 82.5% of votes, surpassing the 75% threshold needed to be elected. It was Wagner's 10th and final ...