Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold review – Regents Opera’s lean and mean Wagner packs a punch
Ben Woodward’s chamber arrangement of Wagner’s score works well and, if the storytelling feels unclear at points, players and singers alike ensure a vivid experience
Erica Jeal
14, Nov, 2022 @12:52 PM
The Ring Cycle review – ideas-free patchwork staging signals Bayreuth’s fading authority
Valentin Schwarz’s new staging of Wagner’s epic has some thought-provoking moments, but few were sustainable and most were just distracting
Martin Kettle
08, Aug, 2022 @3:20 PM
Das Rheingold review – no ring, no gold, instead child abuse and abduction drive Bayreuth’s new Ring
Austrian director Valentin Schwarz’s new Ring presents the bold and searing idea that the original sin that drives Wagner’s world of power is the abuse of children. Can it be sustained?
Martin Kettle
01, Aug, 2022 @10:11 AM
A knight’s tale: Brindley Sherratt on the stamina and storytelling of Wagner’s Parsifal
The bass is singing Gurnemanz in Wagner’s epic final opera. How do you get to grips with the challenges of such a demanding role – and still not get the best dressing room?
Brindley Sherratt
15, Jun, 2022 @9:00 AM
Parsifal review – the shimmering beauty of Wagner’s score shines
Richard Farnes and the Opera North orchestra take centre stage in Sam Brown’s staging of Wagner’s final opera, with Brindley Sherratt a compelling Gurnemanz and Toby Spence a thoughtful lead
Andrew Clements
02, Jun, 2022 @1:57 PM
Siegfried review – heft and heroics as Longborough again proves its Wagner chops
With a strong cast including Bradley Daley, Paul Carey Jones’s Wotan and Julieth Lozano’s delightful Woodbird, any weaknesses in the staging were more than compensated for
Rian Evans
31, May, 2022 @2:37 PM
The Valkyrie review – a striking, uneven start to ENO’s Ring cycle
Director Richard Jones brings magic-realist noir to Wagner’s world – with results that range from poignant to distracting
Tim Ashley
21, Nov, 2021 @1:29 PM
‘About as big as it gets’: behind the scenes of Wagner’s The Valkyrie at English National Opera
ENO returns to live performances this season with a bold, ambitious choice: Wagner’s The Valkyrie. At the technical rehearsal we watched it take shape inside the Coliseum
Imogen Tilden, photographs by David Levene
18, Nov, 2021 @9:03 AM
‘Feel the fear, then do it’: Wagner’s Ring cycle gets a bold Samoan rework
Productions of Wagner’s epic take years in the planning and execution, huge spaces and hundreds of people. How is a small arts collective performing all four operas in a Putney church, and how do a conch shell and a fire dance fit in?
Stephen Moss
28, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
My Tristan und Isolde follows every move in Lehnhoff’s staging | Letter
Letters: Daniel Dooner on his semi-staging of the Wagner opera at Glydebourne closely following Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production
Letters
20, Aug, 2021 @12:39 PM
Glyndebourne Tristan und Isolde review – Ticciati impresses in pared back Wagner
Fine conducting by Robin Ticciati and superb playing by the London Philharmonic Orchestra lift this semi-staged Wagner
Martin Kettle
16, Aug, 2021 @9:58 AM
Longborough festival opera Die Walküre review – Covid constraints achieve intimacy and intensity
A concert staging for the second opera in Wagner’s Ring Cycle brought bonuses from a stellar cast and the profound musicianship of Anthony Negus
Rian Evans
02, Jun, 2021 @12:03 PM
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