As my uncle Cal’s mind and body started to deteriorate, he couldn’t have sex anymore, so he made increasingly sensual paintings. This is his 1988 painting Venusberg, a depiction of the subterranean ...

Call it “Siegfried” and chill, or maybe bingeable Wagner. The Atlanta Opera’s upcoming production of “Siegfried” is the third opera in Robert Wagner’s four-opera “Der Ring des Nibelungen” cycle. A ...

As Wotan in Patrice Chéreau’s neo-Marxist staging of the “Ring” cycle, he was part of a celebrated, polarizing moment in opera history. Donald McIntyre as Wotan and Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The idea of “Wagner in Vermont” seems preposterous, but Saturday’s spectacular performance of the five-hour “Götterdämmerung” proved not only is there Wagner in Vermont, but it’ll blow your socks off.

SANTA FE, N.M. - In its 68th season, Santa Fe Opera remains the premier summer opera festival in the United States. Especially popular with the Dallas-Fort Worth opera crowd, its annual schedule of ...

Three ‘firsts’ mark this production of Wagner’s final opera Parsifal at Glyndebourne. This is the first time the production has ever been staged at Glyndebourne, it marks the directorial debut at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Irene Theorin, left, as Brünnhilde and Daniel Brenna as Siegfried embrace for Richard Wagner's four-part "Ring" cycle, ...