When the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner finished writing his Third Symphony in 1873, he dedicated it to Richard Wagner, the creator of the monumental Ring cycle and arguably the preeminent figure in ...

It’s not often that a work by Richard Wagner is the smallest piece in a concert. But in the case of the Seattle Symphony’s season finale, it’s true. The current program, which runs through Sunday ...

One of the biggest entertainment events of the last decade was J.R.R. Tolkien’s and Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. Darko Butorac wants to reach back a century for an even bigger ring ...

The Valkyries will ride into Dallas when the Dallas Symphony Orchestra presents Richard Wagner’s complete Der Ring des Nibelungen as an opera-in-concert series in 2024. “As you know, Wagner’s operas ...

There’s a famous anecdote about a visit between the young Camille Saint-Saëns — at the time a rising Parisian composer and gifted performer — and the German composer he respected so much, Richard ...

Richard Wagner wasn't just a man of music. He probably was the only composer as concerned with philosophy, politics, economy and science as he was with opera. He revolutionized the way opera was ...

It’s one of the great epics of Western civilization, a four-part drama of family dysfunction and betrayal, of gods and mortals, giants and dwarfs, sacrifice and ultimate cleansing and renewal by fire ...

This part of our exclusive interview with Apocalyptica goes deep into the art form of music. The dudes of Apocalyptica are music theory and classical experts, so we delved into our brains to pull out ...

Elinor Rolfe Johnson stunned the audience at Shrewsbury's Alington Hall, with a moving performance of Wagner's 'Liebestod' ...

The Katara Opera House honoured two magnet-like opposite Classical Music masterminds from 19th Century; Mahler and Wagner. The show started with the poem symphony by Wagner - Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 ...