A lustrous scion of fin-de-siècle Vienna, she was born Alma Maria Schindler, the daughter of the operetta singer Anna Bergen ...

In their groundbreaking Der Ring des Nibelungen, Regents Opera conductor Ben Woodward and his director Caroline Staunton are bringing Wagner into ... Woodward and Valkyries Photo Credit: Steve ...

The recent publication of Unity Mitford’s newly discovered diaries – a macabre fanzine to Adolf Hitler – has reignited ...

Her Redesdale grandfather suggested Valkyrie after the Norse war-maidens from his friend Wagner’s Ring Cycle operas. Remarkably, Mitford was conceived in the town of Swastika, Ontario ...

Short Ride in a Fast Machine was written for the opening of an American music festival and is a great example of minimalist music, using repeated patterns over a steady beat. Kerry Andrew - No ...

During a performance of Wagner’s opera The Valkyrie at the Wielki Theatre in Warsaw, a pleograph is used to project the first video projections in the country. In 1903, the Pleograph Company files for ...

Beginning Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 7 p.m., instructor Rabbi Eli will offer Decoding the Talmud, a new six-session course by the ...

Discover the world of Wagner, the controversial composer whose work has graced box office movies, kids’ cartoons and some of ...

Saturday night could have given us the opportunity to witness the Opera North debut of Canadian soprano Layla Claire at the ...

Opera North has got it right ... say foolhardy undertaking to map the stories of contemporary refugees onto Wagner’s tale of the Flying Dutchman, who is doomed to travel the seas, finding ...

Aren’t all relief pitchers just failed starters? In Billy Wagner’s case, the answer is a definite no. The power-packed left-hander never started a game in his major league career (though he ...