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CHICAGO • With its new "Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)," Lyric Opera of Chicago is now halfway through presenting its third complete production of Richard Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen," that grand ...

It’s a single-set affair – a large balconied room of a stately home. But set designer Jamie Vartan and lighting designer David Plater create so much variety that it is easy to forget that there are ...

When Barrie Kosky’s new production of Wagner’s Ring opened in 2023 with Das Rheingold, the theme of ecological catastrophe was already abundantly clear. In the second instalment, Die Walkure, evidence ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Jemez and Sangre de Cristo mountains had vanished into the night sky by the time Ryan Speedo Green sang his first words as Wotan in Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” Still, their ...

One major advantage of unveiling a production of Wagner’s Ring cycle year by year over four years is that you don’t need to decide at the beginning how it will end. The director of the Royal Opera’s ...

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SANTA FE, N.M. — The Jemez and Sangre de Cristo mountains had vanished into the night sky by the time Ryan Speedo Green sang his first words as Wotan in Wagner’s “Die Walküre.” Still, their invisible ...