The physical impact of Wagner’s gargantuan orchestra operating at full stretch in plain sight is startling. The players are beaming. Miraculously, balance problems never seem to arise, despite the ...

It is not unusual to feel in the very depths of Der Ring des Nibelungen upon reaching Siegfried, but in Keith Warner’s staging for the Royal Opera, currently enjoying its place in the second revival ...

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The third work of Wagner’s cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen (the Ring of Nibelung), returned to the Metropolitan Opera’s stage for its season premiere last Saturday. Soprano Deborah Voigt and tenor Jay ...

Those attending Saturday’s Metropolitan Opera HD Broadcast of “Siegfried,” featuring Jay Hunter Morris in his first Met performances of the title role (considered as one of the most challenging in the ...

Can a startling production with a mostly charismatic cast succeed when the lead performer doesn’t summon quite the vocal firepower required? Apparently so in the case of “Siegfried,” the third work in ...

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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By A.J. Goldmann BERLIN — Siegfried, the dragon-slaying hero of Richard Wagner’s monumental “Ring” cycle, is one of the most punishing operatic parts ...