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[...]
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 […]
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO), under the music directorship of Fabio Luisi, performed Der Ring des Nibelungen between October 13 and 20, 2024. The closer one is able to hear […]
This is a Wagner newsletter, and I am writing about Strauss, but there is an important Wagner connection to Ariadne, perhaps less a connection than a push-back. Hofmannsthal and Strauss […]