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Director Sir David McVicar, who set the tone for this Ring cycle with a traditional, non-controversial Rheingold, envisions Walküre even more faithfully to Wagner's libretto. This is not to say the ...

Netflix has once again invested in a foreign production to add to and unify its catalog: “Nice Girls“. The new film, directed by Noémie Saglio, is of French origin but has become a global trend this ...

NEW YORK — Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera, a rehearsal pianist was ready to launch into Wagner’s famous “Ride of the Valkyries.” But before the battalion of singers could unleash their war cries ...

Editor’s note: This column was updated to correct the timing of the Laramide Orogeny, which uplifted the Rocky Mountains and the Fountain Formation. Sensuous red rocks, blooming wildflowers, and ...

At the Opera will begin with an artist profile of American dramatic soprano Helen Traubel, followed by the feature opera, Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Manon Lescaut is an Italian-language opera in four ...

Look, I have nothing against the arts. But seriously? Ballet is 2½ hours of persons of all genders in tutus and pointe shoes jumping up and down on the one spot. In opera people of substantial ...

Hojotoho! Heiaha! When you’re at the top of the Wagnerian world singing Brünnhilde, what could possibly be next? Is there much left in the maestro’s repertoire to challenge a singer’s stamina, ...

A longtime BBC Music Magazine contributor, Freya Parr has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts ...

While the first part of the cycle, Das Rheingold, moves between realms above and below the earth, Die Walküre takes place entirely in human territory, as the balance of power in the cosmic struggle ...