What do you get when you cross Richard Wagner’s “The Ring Cycle,” with its dramatic story of warring gods and goddesses told by the light of an exorbitant musical tapestry, the humorous animations of Warner Bros., a large helping of ironic self-awareness? Well, you end up with “What’s Opera, Doc?” The brain child of animators Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese, {…}
(Credit: Rosie Hardie) Lise Lindstrom has canceled her participation in Dresden’s Ring Cycle. The soprano took to social media and said, “due to unforeseen circumstances, the situation in Dresden has changed and I have withdrawn from the Ring. To my dear fans, friends, and family: I am disappointed to not be bringing my Brundhilde to you at this time.” As {…}
(Credit: Matthias Creutziger) Famed conductor Christian Thielemann has revealed that he will conduct a production of Wagner’s iconic “Der Ring des Nibelungen” at the Teatro alla Scala in 2024. The conductor told the Austrian Kurier in an interview, “My calendar is now almost fully booked up to and including 2027. Among other things, I will work on a ‘Ring’ production {…}
“Götterdämmerung” premiered on August 17, 1876, one day after its predecessor “Siegfried” had its first performance. The opera is the final installment in Wagner’s four-part “Der Ring Des Nibelungen,” but it was the first that the composer conceived and the first libretto of the four operas to be put to page. It was originally titled “Siegfrieds Tod,” Wagner started composition {…}