Forget the sacred mystery - San Francisco Opera's ‘Parsifal' is pure, dazzling spectacle

San Francisco Opera's "Parsifal" shimmers with beauty and bold staging, trading Wagner's mysticism for visual wonder and ...
National Review

A Classical-Music Philistine Experiences Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle for the First Time

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The New York Times

Germany Reckons With Wagner: Cultural Jewel, or National Shame?

A new exhibition at the country’s national history museum examines the strong feelings stirred by its most famous 19th-century composer. By Ben Miller BERLIN — Few composers inspire such a mix of ...
LAist

Classical Pick of the Week: All Wagner All Week Long

The Ring Festival LA has a great calendar of events for you to fill your week with Wagner (including a light show set to the music of the Ring Cycle! At the Griffith Observatory. Called the LIGHT OF ...
Seattle Times

An international collaboration brings Wagner back to Seattle Opera with ‘Tristan and Isolde’

The capacity to combine the arts — music, theater, stunning visual effects, dance — is one of opera’s great attractions. But along with encouraging an interdisciplinary vision, opera thrives on ...
BroadwayWorld

Vanessa Wagner Shares Session with Launch of Apple Music Classical

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. It's a love that has only recently developed after years of performing 'standard' ...
Los Angeles Times

A pop music critic takes on Wagner’s ‘Ring’ cycle. First up: ‘Das Rheingold’

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. I needn’t have worried. Achim Freyer’s staging of ‘Das Rheingold’ is as ...