Siegfried at Royal Opera: A spectacular triumph - 4/5 The latest part of Wagner’s Ring cycle at Royal Opera is remarkably ...

The third opera of Barrie Kosky’s Ring cycle again places the naked ancient earth goddess centre stage in a thoughtful and deft production that boasts an excellent cast and orchestral playing that cap ...

When the joyful energy at the final curtain - love briefly triumphant in the power-dominated world of Wagner's Ring - is as insanely high as it was at the end of a dizzying first act, that killer of a ...

In designer Rufus Didwiszus’s sets, Fafner’s lair is strangely buried in midwinter snow (why should Siegfried want to relax under the lime tree in a snowdrift?). Conversely, Brünnhilde’s rock is ...

The Austrian tenor is making his Royal Opera debut as Siegfried in the third instalment of of the Ring Cycle. He explains why operetta prepared him for the opera’s epic demands, and why Wagner’s louti ...

Those attending Saturday’s Metropolitan Opera HD Broadcast of “Siegfried,” featuring Jay Hunter Morris in his first Met performances of the title role (considered as one of the most challenging in the ...

The third work of Wagner’s cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen (the Ring of Nibelung), returned to the Metropolitan Opera’s stage for its season premiere last Saturday. Soprano Deborah Voigt and tenor Jay ...

Sparks fly and flowers bloom in the penultimate instalment of Barrie Kosky’s Ring cycle for Covent Garden. In the previous two operas, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, the Australian director presented ...

It is not unusual to feel in the very depths of Der Ring des Nibelungen upon reaching Siegfried, but in Keith Warner’s staging for the Royal Opera, currently enjoying its place in the second revival ...

Can a startling production with a mostly charismatic cast succeed when the lead performer doesn’t summon quite the vocal firepower required? Apparently so in the case of “Siegfried,” the third work in ...

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 ...

The physical impact of Wagner’s gargantuan orchestra operating at full stretch in plain sight is startling. The players are beaming. Miraculously, balance problems never seem to arise, despite the ...