Productions take very different approaches to the central symbol of this epic cycle, treating Wagner with daring freedom.

The original fantasy boxset comes to Radio 3 and BBC Sounds in February 2021 in a dramatic Royal Opera House staging. The Ring of the Nibelung (AKA "Der Ring des Nibelungen", AKA the "Ring Cycle ...

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

Conductor Daniel Barenboim says he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The 82-year-old issued a statement Thursday ...

The maestro has appeared more frail since 2022, canceling scheduled performances that included a new production of Wagner's ...

In an age of radical reinterpretations, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and director Andreas Homoki created a counterrevolutionary version of Wagner’s four-night, 15-hour Ring Cycle that sparked 13 ...

Opera Australia is staging a new production of Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen at the Queensland Performing Arts Center in Brisbane from December 1st to 21st. Over eighty musicians will be heard in ...

An intrepid British fringe opera company and its dauntless conductor-arranger have taken on a bold project that has defeated ...

Discover the world of Wagner, the controversial composer whose work has graced box office movies, kids’ cartoons and some of ...

The Atlanta Opera’s Ring cycle will soar to a grand conclusion with Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) next year, while Philip Glass’ La Belle et la Bête gives Jean Cocteau’s 1946 film a new, ...

“La Traviata”: Armenian soprano Mané Galoyan will be featured as Violetta, the tragic heroine of this Verdi opera, Nov. 8-16. Tenor Long Long, last seen in Atlanta Opera’s “La Bohème” in 2024, sings ...