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

Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto was an instant classic from the moment that lyrical first phrase was first intoned on March 13, 1845, by Ferdinand David. On Saturday, May 18, 23-year-old violinist ...

The second part of Patrice Chérau's epoch-making Bayreuth Ring is a radical re-imagining of Die Walküre, unprecedented in its psychological penetration. This production of " Die Walkure," staged as ...

Atlanta Opera’s “Die Walküre,” which bows at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on April 27, is a notable event for multiple reasons. Not only is this the first time the work has been produced in the ...

“My Walküre turns out terribly beautiful,” Richard Wagner wrote to his friend, the composer Franz Liszt, on June 16, 1852. “I hope to submit to you the whole poem of the tetralogy before the end of ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Jemez and Sangre de Cristo mountains had vanished into the night sky by the time Ryan Speedo Green sang his first words as Wotan in Wagner's "Die Walküre." Still, their ...

There are daunting shows for performers — and then there is Wagner’s Ring Cycle. Imagine having to sing The Lord of the Rings over an orchestra summoning the end and then rebirth of the world. The ...

Ryan Speedo Green Triumphs in First Outing as Wagner’s God in 'Die Walküre' SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Jemez and Sangre de Cristo mountains had vanished into the night sky by the time Ryan Speedo Green ...

Richard Wagner called Die Walküre the “first evening” of the Ring of the Nibelung; he called Das Rheingold the prologue or Vorabend. Musically and dramatically, we are introduced to a radically new ...

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