The New York Times

How Did Wagner Want His ‘Ring’ Cycle to Sound?

With a team of researchers and dedicated musicians, the conductor Kent Nagano is taking a historically informed performance approach to Wagner’s epic. By Joshua Barone Reporting from Amsterdam What ...
The Forward

Richard Wagner’s Bicentennial Sparks Effort to Split Music and Anti-Semitism

Former German infantryman Hans Himsel lived through scenes in 1944 at the Bayreuth opera house worthy of the finale of Richard Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung” when Valhalla goes up in flames. In this ...
Jazz

Ed Wagner

Jump City Music is thrilled to announce the release of the debut solo album from trumpeter Bob Wagner. Toot Suite will be available from bwtpt.com in January as well as on all major musical ...
The New York Times

With a ‘Ring,’ the Dallas Symphony Becomes a Wagner Destination

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Fabio Luisi, a seasoned “Ring” conductor, will lead Wagner’s four-opera epic over a week in concert, breaking new ground for ...
Reuters

Wagner: reviled and revered, German history and music entwined

BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - Former German infantryman Hans Himsel lived through scenes in 1944 at the Bayreuth opera house worthy of the finale of Richard Wagner's "Gotterdammerung" when Valhalla ...
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Wagner Opera at 3 p.m. to Avoid Missing Last Train

There is an opera that begins at 3 p.m. on a weekday. It is German composer Richard Wagner’s (1813–1883) opera *Tristan und Isolde*, performing at the Seoul Arts Center from the 4th to the 7th of next ...