After all the buildup, the promotion and the hype, the stakes for the LA Opera’s first performance of Richard Wagner’s complete Ring cycle were equally high to the stakes that characters face within ...

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It's not often done because it's the Everest for symphonies performing operas: It's 15 hours long. The Ring of the Nibelung — or the Ring Cycle, as it's known — is not often performed in concert by ...

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This 2017 photo shows Yuval Sharon, who will direct the Metropolitan Opera's next staging of Wagner's Ring Cycle starring Lise Davidsen as Brnnhilde and conducted by music director Yannick Nzet-Sguin.

On Sunday at Brattleboro’s Latchis Theatre, Vermont’s first-ever Wagner “Ring” Cycle came to a close with “Gotterdammerung,” or “Twilight of the Gods.” At its center is Brunnhilde,” a goddess and ...

Then General Music Director (GMD) of the Komische Oper Berlin Kirill Petrenko conducts in the Komische Oper Berlin during a rehearsal of the comedy "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss. The ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Yuval Sharon, an American ...