The second half of the 2025–26 season opens with a Wagner event for the ages, as blazing soprano Lise Davidsen headlines the composer’s all-consuming epic Tristan und Isolde a ...

These are not normal times. Why should we expect a normal Wagner production? This certainly won’t be the review that takes a one-plank platform criticizing the Lyric Opera for producing the work of a ...

During Germany’s last 150 years, a king has been dethroned, a kaiser has abdicated, and a dictator has fallen, but on the Green Hill in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth, one thing has stood the test of ...

Conductor Juraj Valčuha ably coordinated and balanced the orchestra and the singers, while drawing out the dramatic effects ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Romeo Castellucci’s production of Wagner’s “Ring” at La Monnaie embodies ideas that the Metropolitan Opera should take note of for ...

Tamara Wilson as Brünnhilde in dress rehearsal of Santa Fe Opera production of Wagner's 'Die Walküre' at the Crosby Theatre in Santa Fe, N.M. in July 2025. Curtis Brown / Santa Fe Opera SANTA FE, N.M.

Turning right onto ‘The Flying Dutchman’ Street and walking along ‘Tannhäuser’ Street, a left turn onto ‘Tristan’ Street revealed the Bayreuth Festival Theatre on the right. The 10-minute walk from ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...