Houston Symphony triumphs with a beautiful performance of the opera 'Tristan and Isolde'

Conductor Juraj Valčuha ably coordinated and balanced the orchestra and the singers, while drawing out the dramatic effects ...

Houston Symphony’s glorious ‘Tristan’ is latest in Wagner-in-concert trend

In a lifetime, we’re lucky to have a handful of musical experiences as sonically glorious and emotionally powerful as a March ...
Observer

Two Symphony Orchestras Tackle Wagner’s Supreme Masterpiece and Strauss’s First Opera with Mixed Results

Stuart Skelton, Nina Stemme and Brian Mulligan as Tristan, Isolde and Kurwenal performing behind the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Photo: Jessica Griffin / Philadelphia O ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

A Leaner, Meaner Wagner

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Conductor James Gaffigan plans to give Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre a big injection of Ozempic at the Santa Fe ...
The Boston Globe

A small but mighty Brattleboro opera company takes on Wagner’s epic ‘Ring.’

Staging any opera is rarely a modest undertaking, but if that opera happens to be by Richard Wagner, “modest” must go out the window. Typically, one needs a large theater, an outsized orchestra, and ...