The Atlanta Opera’s recent performances of Götterdämmerung (May 30; June 2, 6, and 7) marked the capstone of a Ring project that formally began with Das Rheingold in 2023, though its origins reach back much further. When Israeli-born Tomer Zvulun spoke to the Wagner Society of Santa Fe last summer, he described a vision that had taken shape over more than a decade. Upon his arrival in Atlanta in 2013, he set two[...]
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Wagner’s groundbreaking, metaphysical romance Tristan und Isolde returned to the Metropolitan Opera on March 9 for the first time in ten years in a bold new production featuring Lise Davidsen, […]
Two events that occurred in Pierre Audi’s life on July 20, 1969–attending Tristan und Isolde in Munich and watching Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon–would heavily influence the lunar […]
Tristan und Isolde at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which premiered on November 1, 2025, is not entirely new since it is a coproduction with the Grand Théâtre of Geneva and was premiered there […]
Whenever the Ring is staged in its entirety, it becomes a major international event—particularly at a world-renowned opera house such as the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden. From September 27 […]