Wagner was finally able to return to his homeland in 1862 where he continued work on his biggest undertaking: The Ring Cycle ...

Each winter thousands of sophisticated Manhattanites throng the Metropolitan Opera House to goggle at old-fashioned Norse gods and blimp-like maidens disporting themselves in animal skins and burlap.

With a team of researchers and dedicated musicians, the conductor Kent Nagano is taking a historically informed performance approach to Wagner’s epic. By Joshua Barone Reporting from Amsterdam What ...

Sam Klayman, going professionally as Clay, American-born, knows enough to name their hero’s secret identity Tom Mayflower, ...

A group of Valkyries from an 1899 production of The Ring - Lebrecht Music/Alamy It takes some chutzpah to write an opera about Richard Wagner, that titanically complex figure (both as man and musician ...

Bayreuth, a small city in northern Bavaria, Germany, with a population of 74,000, is a city by Wagner, for Wagner, and of ...

HOLLYWOOD, prepare to witness a live blockbuster. L.A. Opera will debut the first part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, “Das Rheingold,” on Saturday, a moment long in coming to Los Angeles that was first ...

As the Buffalo Philharmonic prepares to perform Wagner's operatic prelude to Die Meistersinger, I find myself grappling with the notion of participating in the rendition of music composed by an ...

BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - Former German infantryman Hans Himsel lived through scenes in 1944 at the Bayreuth opera house worthy of the finale of Richard Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" when Valhalla ...

The renowned German opera singer Peter Seiffert has died at the age of 71, his agency reported on Tuesday. Seiffert, a celebrated interpreter of Wagner, passed away on Monday in his adopted home near ...

Miami University alumna Shelbi Wagner has been making significant strides in the world of music education and performance. Wagner, who holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees with honors in Cello ...