Films and classroom resources on 19th Century German composer Richard Wagner, famous for his massive operas with epic stories.

Wagnerian singers are a rare breed, which makes this opera challenging to cast. Few singers have the stamina and power to sing over Wagner’s lush orchestration.

The production is only one of a few attempts nationally this year to stage one of opera's most intimidating works.

The Atlanta Opera’s upcoming production of “Siegfried” is the third opera in Robert Wagner’s four-opera “Der Ring des Nibelungen” cycle. A complete Ring cycle, as it’s commonly ...

A role that has everything The Santa Fe performances are his first time singing “Die Walküre,” the second of the four operas in Wagner’s tetralogy and the one with the biggest and most ...

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — For an opera festival that ran before it could walk, Wagner in Vermont can still run remarkably well. TUNDI Productions offered an honest, competent, at times stirring “Die Walküre” ...

A portrait of the composer Richard Wagner, whose family is still running the opera festival he founded in 1876. However, the question seems to be for how long?Heritage Images - Getty Images ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Wagner College Opera is set to present “Something More,” a captivating concert showcasing opera scenes from renowned composers such as Donizetti, Verdi, Mozart, Strauss ...

Interior of the opera house in Bayreuth, where Wagner’s family has run his glittering festival for generations. In the years since, things have not become less fraught.