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 goes up in flames. In this ...
The world had plenty of reasons to forget Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle, “Der Ring des Nibelungen.” None of the four makes sense without the others—they premiered together in 1876—but the prospect ...
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 ...
In some cases, the inflammatory, Nazi-associated term has been changed out of sensitivity. What do we lose when that happens? By Zachary Woolfe There are some 10,000 words in the libretto of Wagner’s ...
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 ...
As Wotan in Patrice Chéreau’s neo-Marxist staging of the “Ring” cycle, he was part of a celebrated, polarizing moment in ...
Wagner devotees abroad take their opera seriously and in large doses. Performances at Bayreuth (home of the late great Richard where are held world-famed festivals) begin at 4 o’clock,† last long into ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Guest conductor James Gaffigan ...
LANCASTER − It's safe to say Kyle Wagner's life revolves around music. "It's a big majority of it," he said. "After I graduated from OU (Ohio University) in 2019 I had to start making money. Then ...
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