Another masterpiece, this time the crowning achievement of the “Father of Modern Music,” was presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, last week, “The greatest music in the world,” said ...

Expectations run high when Seattle Opera presents Wagner. Because of the company’s storied history with that composer’s monumental works, operagoers were prepared for great music on opening night of ...

This week on Continuum you'll hear medieval music related to the 12th century Celtic legend of Tristan and Isolde. It is this legend that inspired Richard Wagner to write his monumental music drama.

Richard Wagner had many strong ideas when it came to music, especially his operas. One of the central ones was the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, of being in control over everything, from the libretto ...

Unconditional love – timeless music. Like Romeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde has become an expression of unconditional love. First performed in 1865, Wagner’s opera remains among the most ...

At Santa Fe Opera, Wagner’s work is being presented for the first time, in a striking, modest staging that makes space for the music. By David Allen SANTA FE, N.M. — The play of light has always been ...

The capacity to combine the arts — music, theater, stunning visual effects, dance — is one of opera’s great attractions. But along with encouraging an interdisciplinary vision, opera thrives on ...

"I am confident that this will become a milestone that elevates the standard of Korean opera to the next level." (Choi Sangho, Director of the ...

Tamara Wilson will sing the title role of Isolde in “Tristan und Isolde.” (Courtesy of the Santa Fe Opera) Slated to sing the title role of Isolde in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," Tamara Wilson knows ...

“So, let’s drop Dudamel for now,” I suggested in a review of “The Tristan Project” back in 2007, “his time will come.” And, so, it has. On Easter Sunday 2007, the Los Angeles Philharmonic made the ...