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 ...

What is it that stirs in the breast to hear the news that Wagner's The Ring is to be staged in Melbourne? Well, it no doubt helps if, like me, you are a Wagner tragic and possess a dozen or more ...

Titled Richard Wagner: The Revolutions of the Ring, the exhibition brings together more than a hundred items from the collections of the National Library of France, museums and private collections. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Nearly everything about opera is big, from drama to voices, but there’s nothing bigger than Richard ...

In writing Rheingold Wagner managed to break just about every operatic tradition prevailing at that time. I do not think that he consciously set out to do so; what happened was that his imaginative ...

The summer of 2026 will mark the 150th anniversary of Richard Wagner’s four-part opera cycle, “The Ring of the Nibelung,” better known as the “Ring Cycle.” Valkyries, giants, dragons, and the pantheon ...

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movements: Prelude Philippe Jordan, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer Paris National Opera Orchestra (Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) ...

When the Washington Opera made its first foray into Wagner -- a 1975 production of "Die Walkure," the second of four operas in the composer's epic cycle, "Der Ring des Nibelungen" -- fledgling ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...