Boston Lyric Opera’s RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES! is a loving send-up of Richard Wagner’s “The Ring Cycle” that marries a “Ziegfeld ...
Boston Lyric Opera’s Ride of the Valkyries! – a loving send-up of Richard Wagner’s “The Ring Cycle” that marries a “Ziegfeld Follies”-inspired take on the classic German opus with opera’s greatest ...
The Australian director Barrie Kosky is never afraid to bring something unconventional to his productions but his ideas are always intriguing and the result of deep thought. Last year, he startled us ...
About the same time the Milwaukee Brewers opened the 2024 season by sweeping the New York Mets, the Pogorelc sisters of Whitefish Bay were taking over New York's Metropolitan Opera. Their Milwaukee ...
Soprano Birgit Nilsson, whose death Dec. 25 at age 87 was reported yesterday, was the great Valkyrie of her time -- a warrior woman whose steely voice sliced thrillingly through the vast orchestral ...
Even if you don’t think you know opera, trust me: You know Carmen. It’s like the “Hallelujah Chorus” or “Ride of the Valkyries,” classical songs that worm their way into the cultural subconscious.