Paul Curran makes his Company debut directing his production from Venice’s Teatro La Fenice which features renowned Wagnerian interpreters Simon O’Neill and Anja Kampe in the title roles. Rooted in ...

In 1857 Wagner took a pause from composing the Ring, abandoning Siegfried in the depths of the forest to embark upon another quest. The composer had read Schopenhauer and the Bhagavad-G?ta – ...

PHILADELPHIA — On Sunday afternoon at Marian Anderson Hall, Yannick Nézet-Séguin led his Philadelphia Orchestra through the four-hour entirety of Richard Wagner’s ‘Tristan and Isolde.” And I don’t ...

Stuart Skelton, Nina Stemme and Brian Mulligan as Tristan, Isolde and Kurwenal performing behind the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Photo: Jessica Griffin / Philadelphia O ...

The lovers are together then, but they spend the outer acts mostly apart, in their own personal hells. It’s vital that the soprano and tenor are equally matched, but given the insane vocal demands, ...

This August 2024 photo shows director Thorleifur rn Arnarsson outside the Bayreuth Festpielhaus in Bayreuth, Germany during rehearsals for his production of Wagners Tristan und Isolde. (Thorleifur rn ...

The Seattle Public Library will host a preview of Seattle Opera's upcoming production of Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" at the West Seattle library on July 26. The preview is free and open to the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — Thorleifur Örn ...