Two conductors — a mentor and a protégé, both trained as pianists — bring precision and lyricism to the first new staging of Wagner’s epic in a decade.
From instruments played with water to early electronic devices promoted by the Nazis, we take a look at the surprising history of instruments named after their creators.
Boston Lyric Opera’s RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES! is a loving send-up of Richard Wagner’s “The Ring Cycle” that marries a “Ziegfeld ...