Atlanta Opera's magisterial production of “Twilight of the Gods,” the grand finale of the four-year "Ring" cycle, marks the ...

Robert Wierzel has lit opera on stages in Paris, Tokyo, Toronto, San Francisco, and dozens of stops in between. But when the ...

He had never produced a performance when he was hired as the company’s general director in 1983. But over 31 years (and lots ...

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 ...

The Atlanta Opera announced a new event coming to the metro Atlanta area, but it’ll still be a few years before it’s seen.

As my uncle Cal’s mind and body started to deteriorate, he couldn’t have sex anymore, so he made increasingly sensual paintings. This is his 1988 painting Venusberg, a depiction of the subterranean ...

Captured live in concert performances, Fabio Luisi’s clear-sighted command and strong orchestral playing make this Wagner set frequently impressive, with Mark Delavan an authorative Wotan ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Wagner College Opera invites audiences to experience a magical night of spellbinding music, fantasy, and philosophy in its upcoming production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” ...

Three years ago, Vermont enjoyed its first locally produced Wagner opera. The newly formed company TUNDI (short for “Tristan und Isolde”) presented two performances of the magnificent romance “Tristan ...

But the main event was “Bluebeard’s Castle,” and it was an experience to remember. Orchestra Hall was plunged into darkness for a narrative prologue that took on the rhythm of a witch’s incantation in ...

A survey at Oper Leipzig provides an opportunity to reassess the youthful efforts that have been excluded from the composer’s canon. By Joshua Barone LEIPZIG, Germany — How quickly Richard Wagner ...