Richard Wagner's four-opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, which he began in 1848 and on which he worked over the next two decades, is a comprehensive re-working of Old Norse myths, as recounted in ...

The weather was glorious and I had tickets to the Ring cycle, Wagner’s masterpiece of musical theatre, four long operas to be seen over six days, about 15 hours of music in all. Wagner had built his ...

What do Liz Lemon, Bugs Bunny and Apocalypse Now have in common? A love of Wagner might not be the first thing that springs to mind. But these are just some of the places in popular culture the German ...

The excerpts from Wagner's Ring Cycle that Donald Runnicles and the SSO performed in the second half of this concert had a persuasive balance of musical, narrative and psychological logic. Donald ...

BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Richard Wagner likely would have appreciated the cutting-edge technology, if not the reaction. Scenery selected by artificial intelligence sparked boos at the 150th ...

A $5m production will see a 90-piece orchestra present 15 hours of drama at a Bendigo theatre. See what it means for regional arts. Melbourne Opera’s $5m production of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle will ...

Ever since Music Director Eun Sun Kim and the San Francisco Opera first announced a multiyear plan for her to conduct one of Wagner's works in each season, it's been understood that the project would ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Trying to grasp the importance of The Ring of the Nibelungen, which has successfully concluded its ...

Antoinette Halloran has had less than a year. Starting next week, she will sing Brunnhilde in Melbourne Opera’s first full production of Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) in Bendigo.

Every now and then the creative impulse of man suddenly erupts and produces something so extraordinary, so incalculable, that from the moment it comes into being the history of an art is irrevocably ...