Richard Wagner
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The director throws everything and Bryn Terfel at a vivid Covent Garden finale, set in a gilded gentlemen’s club of song, that sometimes sits at odds with the drama
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Embraced by the Nazis, Wagner’s operatic masterpiece has long been shrouded in controversy. Its debate about cultural unity is now more relevant than ever
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Callow’s life of Wagner reveals more about his wardrobe than his genius
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State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne
With the revival of Neil Armfield and Opera Australia’s dazzling and moving production of Wagner’s epic, it’s easy to see how a ‘Ring-nut’ is born
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Letters: The jazz pianist Uri Caine recorded a series of Wagner lollipops live for a klezmer band, featuring, of course, an accordion
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The power and greed of Wagner’s Ring have never rung more true than in this imaginatively staged and beautifully played production
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Brief letters: Metropolitan indifference | EU appreciation | A long time in politics
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This was a concentrated and riveting realisation of the first part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, with Jo Pohleim’s Alberich and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke’s Loge particularly strong
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Confused by the complexities of Wagner’s Ring? Don’t know your Woglinde from your Wotan? Help is at hand - the Southbank Centre have produced this handy six-minute animation introducing audiences to the 16-hour marathon.
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Operatic tenor known for his lyrical interpretation of Siegfried in Wagner’s Ring
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The Ring cycle may be the pinnacle of operatic ambition, but, as Opera North’s critically acclaimed production shows, it needn’t cost the earth to perform or watch. Conductor Richard Farnes reflects on an affordable epic
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James, a 27-year-old solicitor, bought this 3ft statue of Wagner from a shop in Shoreditch. It was made by German artist Ottmar Hörl
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From the archive, 11 August 1876: The Guardian reports from the very first Bayreuth Wagner festival, presided over by the composer himself.
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If you’ve ever wondered why the heroines in tragic opera stories don’t just roll their eyes and mouth ‘Yeah, whatever’, we’ve got the summaries for you
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Look sharp! Get on it! Don’t stop! This week it’s time to name songs that, whether in title or lyrics, employ the imperative form. Now get started … please … says Peter Kimpton
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Wagner’s early opera has rarely been seen since its disastrous premiere. But under conductor Anthony Negus in this concert, its good qualities were apparent
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Radio 3 are broadcasting Max Richter’s eight-hour lullaby Sleep on Saturday night, live from the Wellcome Collection. Here, by contrast, are 10 works that certainly won’t give you sweet dreams
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The original sheet music for the bridal chorus from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin, commonly known as Here Comes the Bride, is listed at £2.3m
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Prelude to Act One of Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in June 2015
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The controversy-torn Wagner festival has appointed its first independent music director. Unusually, this news emerged in the car park
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From Beethoven to Ravel, and Elgar to Saint-Saëns, 10 of the best-known pieces that their composers disowned despite – or perhaps because of – their popularlity
Wagner: Lohengrin CD review – perfectly paced drama from Mark Elder & the Concertgebouw