Tenor Placido Domingo will sing the arduous role of Siegmund in a new production of Wagner's "Die Walkure" this fall as part of the Washington Opera's 2003-04 season. Domingo, who doubles as the ...

Nicholas Brownlee and his powerful bass-baritone voice went from small-town Alabama to the top of the opera world, performing ...

Rupert Christiansen was the opera critic and arts features writer for The Telegraph between 1995 and 2020. He is the author of several books of cultural history including Romantic Affinities, Paris ...

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner with a German libretto by the composer. It is the second of the four operas that form Wagner's cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The ...

NEW YORK — Stage directors and opera lovers often coexist in a state of enmity. The director wants to reinterpret; the audience wants to see the piece as the composer intended it. Robert Lepage, the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Late Saturday night, Valhalla will fall for the final time in Los ...

Opera North’s new approach to Wagner was praised for its dramatic power, musical integrity and accessibility. You can watch the first act of Die Walküre here Opera North’s production of Wagner’s ...

LENOX - In three concerts over two days, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons guided Tanglewood’s Music Center Orchestra through one of the most monumental undertakings in ...