The conductor Nathalie Stutzmann led Lorin Maazel’s coolly efficient 1987 distillation, “The ‘Ring’ Without Words,” at David Geffen Hall.

“My motivation lies in trying to share the beauty of opera and classical music with a younger and broader audience,” Antoine says. “The themes and stories of Wagner’s work are timeles ...

Wagner was finally able to return to his homeland in 1862 where he continued work on his biggest undertaking: The Ring Cycle – a set of four operas or "Music Dramas" (he hated the word 'opera ...

A prominent practitioner of the historically grand productions that were once fashionable at the Met, he was especially well ...

Germany’s Richard Wagner also played a key role in developing the operatic genre.Before Wagner, the action and music in opera was split into short pieces or 'numbers' much like a modern-day musical ...

The Austrian director was revered among many operagoers, especially for his productions of the works of Richard Wagner.

Friedrich Nietzsche described Wagner as a “corruptor” of ... he was already planning entire festivals dedicated to his music in purpose-built opera houses, writing for instruments that ...

Christopher Eccleston goes head-to-head with the grim reaper's cavalry in Wagner's piece. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer, and a very controversial figure.