Richard Wagner News

The Wichita Symphony Orchestra will present “The Firebird” on March 15, 2026, at Century II Concert Hall in Wichita. The performance is part of the orchestra’s 2025-26 season.

What is the American musical identity? A question for this special year!

Composer Jessie Montgomery will launch international tour for her new cello concerto, These Righetous Paths, featuring cellist Abel Selaocoe. The tour, co-commissioned by multiple global orchestras, will premiere in Berlin.

San Francisco Opera will present a dynamic 2026-27 season, featuring a mix of classic operas and new productions. Highlights include premieres and revivals at the iconic War Memorial Opera House.

THE SOUND OF SPRING Chinese New Year Concert returns to New York City on February 14 and 15, featuring a blend of Chinese and Western music at Fisher Center and Rose Theater.

Daphne in Concert, Seattle Opera’s latest offering in their series of concert presentations initiated in 2023, proved that the series concept is a successful one.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s iconic Fifth Symphony and his equally popular Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” will have six performances at New Jersey Symphony. Beethoven composed these symphonies in tandem, and both premiered at the same concert in 1808.

The San Francisco Symphony will present a June program conducted by Elim Chan and featuring mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke. The concerts include music by Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Wagner, and Debussy. Performances will take place at Davies Symphony Hall.

Music director Leon Botstein leads the American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) on Friday, January 30 at 8 PM at Carnegie Hall in a program celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The Salzburg Easter Festival will return in 2026 with a bold reinterpretation of Richard Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” marking the start of a multi-year artistic collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Siegfried by Richard Wagner comes to Opéra Bastille next year. As part of the RING Festival 2026, performances will run from 10 to 19 November 2026. Learn more here!

With Siegfried, staged in Calixto Bieito’s new production, the Paris Opera presents the third part of Richard Wagner’s extraordinary undertaking, the Ring of the Nibelung.

San Francisco Opera has announced plans to present Richard Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung in June and July 2028, conducted by Music Director Eun Sun Kim and staged by Francesca Zambello.

De la intimidad a lo épico es en el 14 Noviembre al Palacio de Bellas Artes y el 16 Noviembre al Palacio de Bellas Artes. Johanna Malangré, directora huésped.

Join David Hyde Pierce in Boston Lyric Opera's VALKYRIES!, a comedic take on Wagner's classic, premiering Nov. 12 in Boston.

San Francisco Opera's new production of Richard Wagner's PARSIFAL runs from October 25 through November 13 on the War Memorial Opera House stage, and the production released photos.

Orquesta Académica del Teatro Colón will perform Wagner – Chaikovski at Teatro Colon, with director Juan Miceli. The performance is set for November 1. Learn more here!

As part of San Francisco Opera's 103rd season, Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim conducts Richard Wagner’s Parsifal from October 25 through November 13.

Off-Brand Opera will present the world premiere of Nietzsche – The Musical October 10–12, 2025 at the A.R.T./NY Mezzanine Theatre. Written by Kimerer LaMothe with music by Geoffrey Gee, the production explores the life and relationships of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche through a bold, multi-genre score.

Off-Brand Opera will present the world premiere of NIETZSCHE, a new musical by Kimerer LaMothe and Geoffrey Gee, appearing at the A.R.T./NY Mezzanine Theatre. Learn more!