WAGNER'S RING CYCLE

Tenor Andreas Schager sings the title role in “Siegfried,” the third opera in Wagner’s Ring cycle, which depicts a hero’s journey to love. Watch an excerpt from the performance, now available on Carnegie Hall+, below!...

The cast of HBO’s The Gilded Age visited the Met for a discussion with Met Vice President C. Graham Berwind, III, followed by a performance of Wagner’s Tannhäuser. Watch clips from the discussion here!...

Wagner’s Tannhäuser returns to the Met with soprano Elza van den Heever and tenor Andreas Schager making their Met role debuts as Elisabeth and Tannhäuser. Baritone Christian Gerhaher also makes his company debut in the role of Wolfram....

Following his acclaimed 2019 performances as Alberich in the Ring cycle, bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny stars as the accursed Dutchman in Wagner’s eerie drama, alongside incandescent soprano Elza van den Heever as the woman determined to redeem his soul. Get a first look at the cast in action....

There are no supernatural women arriving on horseback to escort slain warriors to the afterlife--just a trio of mermaids, a couple of giants and a loveless dwarf, along with a bunch of gods, demi-gods and grotesque humans in Richard Wagner’s DAS RHEINGOLD, the first part of the composer’s Ring cycle (officially DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN). Saturday night’s audience stayed to cheer the opening of General and Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun’s production after nearly three intermission-less hours....

​​​​​​​Wagner's soaring masterpiece Lohengrin returns to the Met stage after 17 years, in a new production by internationally renowned director François Girard. The production runs from February 26th-April 1st....

Regents Opera will present Wagner's Das Rheingold on 13th, 17th and 19th November at The Grand Temple, Freemason's Hall, Covent Garden. ...

You’d have thought that the Met Orchestra would have had enough by the end of the season in the opera house, but, no. Their New York season really ended at Carnegie Hall this week with a pair of concerts combining some opera excerpts with orchestral pieces by composers also known for their opera work....

The Icelandic Opera has canceled their upcoming production of DIE WALKÜRE due to Covid-19....

Directed by the award-winning Richard Jones, and marking the first time in more than 15 years since ENO last staged The Ring, all four parts of The Ring Cycle will be staged at the London Coliseum over five years....