“Der Ring des Nibelungen,” WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Wagner over some 26 years, 1848-74. The works are based loosely on characters from German heroic ...

This 2014 photo shows Calixto Bieito, whose production of Wagner's "Das Rheingold" is performing at the Paris Opra through Feb. 19. (Monika Rittershaus via AP) (Monika Rittershaus) PARIS – Calixto ...

Lise Lindstrom (as Brünnhilde) and Daniel Johansson (Siegfried) embraced as music director Fabio Luisi conducted the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Richard Wagner's "Siegfried" at the Meyerson Symphony ...

Eun Sun Kim, who is preparing to lead the San Francisco Opera in a new production "Parsifal," reveals her bold artistry and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Fabio Luisi, a seasoned “Ring” conductor, will lead Wagner’s four-opera epic over a week in concert, breaking new ground for ...

It’s one magnificent fairy tale — told to some of the greatest music of all time. Richard Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelung” actually shares similarities with J.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy novel “The Lord ...

Christopher Ventris as Siegmund and Sara Jakubiak as Sieglinde, with music director Fabio Luisi conducting the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre" at Meyerson Symphony Center ...

Last season’s Atlanta Opera performance of Die Walküre, part of Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle. The company will conclude this cycle in its upcoming season with Twilight of the Gods. The Atlanta Opera’s ...

The Ring cycle, Richard Wagner’s four-part meditation on the human condition—told through the composer’s harmonization and embellishment of Norse myths about the creation and destruction of the ...

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The Welsh-Ukrainian singer Natalya Romaniw was a late addition to a new “Die Walküre” in London, but she has become a highlight of the production. By Hugh Morris Reporting from London In Wagner’s ...

Wagner was finally able to return to his homeland in 1862 where he continued work on his biggest undertaking: The Ring Cycle – a set of four operas or "Music Dramas" (he hated the word 'opera' because ...