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 ...
A new video of Wagner Group fighters in Bakhmut may indicate a shift in control of the town on the frontline of the war in Ukraine. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the paramilitary Wagner Group, shared ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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