Wagner is difficult to appreciate: His operas are far too dense and much too long to be easily accessible. I don’t mean that the plot is a mess or that the music is inherently chaotic. It’s more ...

In Wagner’s final opera Parsifal, the title character played in this Houston Grand Opera production by tenor Russell Thomas (in a role debut) undertakes a quest to reclaim a Holy Spear. Parsifal, who ...

On January 19, 2024, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will open Parsifal, Wagner's final masterpiece, in a stunning, colorful production directed by John Caird, with HGO Principal Guest Conductor Eun Sun Kim ...

San Francisco Opera Music Director Eun Sun Kim is deep in her Wagner era and thriving. After dazzling audiences with 2023's sinuously propulsive "Lohengin" and an emotionally wrenching 2024 "Tristan ...

Robin Ticciati and the London Philharmonic Orchestra are back with an "enthralling 'Parsifal' that is well paced, beautifully balanced and with a palpable feel for Wagner's many-layered, floating ...

I don’t think I’m too far off the mark to say that Parsifal (1882), Richard Wagner’s final opera, is on no one’s list of most favorite Wagner works. While it contains some of his most sublime music, ...

BAYREUTH – A giant swan sailed into auditorium and crashed, felled by a huge arrow still protruding. Flowers burst into bloom, radiant in red and green, pink and blue. Recommended Videos In the ...

The 2023 Bayreuth Festival started on Monday, July 24, and runs through Monday, August 28. This annual celebration of composer Richard Wagner used to have a ten-year waiting list for tickets. I ...

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