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Parental Advisory: The set's turrets and towers are reminiscent of a fairy tale.

By Maryna CHERKASHYNA, special to The Day .Photos courtesy of the Rossini Opera Festival's press service IN THE SCENE WITH ANDROMACA AND HER SON FROM THE OPERA ERMIONE, ANDROMACA EMPHASIZES HER CHARACTER'S ...

The director started shouting and then Ksenia Sobchak appeared in an S&M outfit with a naked bottom.

Rev up your credit cards, opera fans. Tickets to Seattle Opera's highly anticipated 2009 "Ring" cycle go on sale to the general public on Nov.

Director Shuji Fuji Stage Director GA tz Friedrich Performers RenA© Kollo Robert Lloyd Gwyneth Jones Gerd Feldhoff Peter Edelmann Hanna Schwarz Uwe Peper Clemens Bieber IvA n SA rdl JirA Kout The Orchestra ...

Richard Wagner's Parsifal is an epic work that is notoriously difficult to stage.

It's not a rock opera. It's not even operatic rock. What is it then?Good question.

On Saturday evening at the Veterans Memorial Civic Center, the Lima Symphony Orchestra presented its first concert of the 2008-09 season titled "Gala Jubilee." It was a joyous event, indeed, as Artistic ...

This month, in particular, is a great time to be a trombonist in the Honolulu Symphony.

It was an epic family feud perfectly suited for the stage: back-stabbing siblings, jealous divas and a stubborn patriarch all jousting for control of Germany's cultural crown jewel.

Sing the above three times to Richard Wagner's "The Ride of the Valkyries," and you sum up the childhood opera experience of most Americans of a certain age.

Director Reiner E Moritz This revealing documentary goes behind the scenes of Kent Nagano's acclaimed 2006 Baden-Baden production of Richard Wagner's classic opera, Lohengrin .

The Victoria Symphony is ushering its 2008-09 seasons with a legend. Opera legend Jane Eaglen will make her first appearance in Victoria to open the Symphony's season on Sept.

Groansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Bayreuth Festival Director Wolfgang Wagner, grandson of the composer, in his final season, joined on opening day by his daughter Katharina Deutsche Welle has ...

TWO great-granddaughters of the composer Richard Wagner will take control of Germany's Wagner opera festival after an epic family power struggle.

Bayreuth, Germany - Germany's Wagner opera festival confirmed Monday receiving an unsuccessful, last-minute application to run the event from a person claiming to be the illegitimate son of Wieland Wagner, who ...

Mamma Mia! / * Posted Friday, August 29, 2008, at 1:50 PM << Previous Respond Meryl Streep bounces to and sings the songs of 70s Swedish supergroup ABBA in "Mamma Mia!", the movie adaptation of the hit Broadway ...

It will be the last epic battle for the Valkyries. The leadership of the Bayreuth Festival, probably the hottest seat in the operatic world, will be decided on Monday, ending a long, simmering feud in the ...

Changes are afoot at the Bayreuth Festival , the annual Bavarian event devoted exclusively to the operas of Richard Wagner .

G rard Mortier, who is set to become general director of the New York City Opera, and Nike Wagner, a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, have said that they are joining forces to seek control of the Bayreuth ...