Wagner News

No staging of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" can avoid controversy. Wagner himself grumbled over the scenery and costumes for the inaugural production of 1876 - "R. is very sad, says he wishes he could die!" Cosima Wagner wrote in her diary - and the discontent of the Wagnerians has not ceased since.

The saxophonist on the subway platform is wailing out - could it be? Yes, it actually is - the music from Wagner's "Siegfried." Four giant Wagner-themed banners hang from the balcony of the Metropolitan Opera House.

English writer A.N. Wilson has written a brief biography of a lonely, lazy youth with few skills, a youth who bullied others and threw tantrums when he didn't get his way.

Farmers from all over the Region gathered in Sioux Falls Tuesday to find out about the newest technologies available to help them boost production.

No one likes the little pests but every year they come searching for your blood.