En medio de letreros que indican “Al ascensor” y advierten a los conductores que “lleven su ticket de estacionamiento” con ellos, las doncellas del Rin lamentan el robo de su oro, Siegfried es ...
Caricatures of opera most often celebrate the grandiosity of composer Richard Wagner. Think of the large lady with the horned helmet, or the tacky statement that it’s not over until the fat lady sings ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Irene Theorin, left, as Brünnhilde and Daniel Brenna as Siegfried embrace for Richard Wagner's four-part "Ring" cycle, ...
At the festival that Wagner founded, a new “Parsifal” looks different depending on how you see it, and a workshop model refreshes revivals. By Zachary Woolfe Zachary Woolfe saw Wagner’s “Ring,” ...
Two art museums are contributing to Los Angeles’ Ring Festival with small exhibitions opening this month. At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “Myths, Legends, and Cultural Renewal: Wagner’s ...
Magnolias were in full bloom in Dresden on a spring day. After getting off the train, a 20-minute walk toward the city center leads to encounters with a succession of historic palaces, churches, and ...
The idea of “Wagner in Vermont” seems preposterous, but Saturday’s spectacular performance of the five-hour “Götterdämmerung” proved not only is there Wagner in Vermont, but it’ll blow your socks off.
The recordings will take place end of November at the Bastille Opera and beginning of December at the Radio France Auditorium (Siegfried). Live performances have been cancelled due to the sanitary ...
His operas are too long. And there are no real arias in them anyway. He was a marriage wrecker, an incorrigible spendthrift, an anti-Semite. The Nazis loved him. Why should anybody bother with the ...