Call it “Siegfried” and chill, or maybe bingeable Wagner. The Atlanta Opera’s upcoming production of “Siegfried” is the third opera in Robert Wagner’s four-opera “Der Ring des Nibelungen” cycle. A ...

Can a startling production with a mostly charismatic cast succeed when the lead performer doesn’t summon quite the vocal firepower required? Apparently so in the case of “Siegfried,” the third work in ...

These are not normal times. Why should we expect a normal Wagner production? This certainly won’t be the review that takes a one-plank platform criticizing the Lyric Opera for producing the work of a ...

"Another spirit prevails on the stage since Wagner rules there: the most difficult things are expected, blame is severe, praise very scarce, - the good and the excellent have become the rule," said ...

Richard Wagner — famous for his sweeping, all-encompassing artistry, infamous for his antisemitic, proto-Nazi ethos, now evoked by Vladimir Putin’s mercenary force — is back in town. He’s back in a ...

During Germany’s last 150 years, a king has been dethroned, a kaiser has abdicated, and a dictator has fallen, but on the Green Hill in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth, one thing has stood the test of ...

Siegfried is the third of the four music dramas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. It premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on August 16, 1876, as ...

Siegfried is the third of the four music dramas that constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. It premiered at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on August 16, 1876, as ...

What's the recipe for a memorable classical music concert? Start with Boston's beautiful Symphony Hall. Add the outstanding Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mix in a few world-class opera singers. Set the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By A.J. Goldmann BERLIN — Siegfried, the dragon-slaying hero of Richard Wagner’s monumental “Ring” cycle, is one of the most punishing operatic parts ...

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