Avert your AIs
Bayreuth’s AI-powered “Ring 100010110” marred a first-rate cast and orchestra with nightmarish visuals and horrid dramaturgy.
Die Walküre
Wie tönender Schall schlug’s an mein Ohr
It’s a busy summer for Vida Miknevičiūtė and Eric Cutler, the subjects of this week’s Grand Tier Grab Bag.
Die Walküre
Christian Thielemann conducts Klaus Florian Vogt, Elza van den Heever, Camilla Nylund, and Michael Volle in a slightly delayed performance from Bayreuth
Streamed July 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Die Walküre
Tobias Kratzer's new production in a live video broadcast from Munich
Streamed July 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Beyond the valley of the gods
The Bayerische Staatsoper’s Ring cycle scores another triumph with Tobias Kratzer’s take on Die Walküre.
Die Walküre
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Nicholas Brownlee, Miina-Liisa Värelä, Joachim Bäckström, and Irene Roberts in the opening of the Munich Opera Festival
Streamed June 25, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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In my end is my beginning
Die Walküre heralds the end of an era for the Los Angeles Philharmonic — and the arrival of a new generation of Wagnerians.
Get in the zone
Tamara Wilson and Stanislas de Barbeyrac are the standouts in Calixto Bieito’s underwhelming Die Walküre in Paris
Operation desert storm
The Santa Fe Opera’s fine first Die Walküre finds Wagner in America at a crossroads.
Die Walküre
A slightly delayed broadcast of the second installment of this year’s Ring from Bayreuth
Die Walküre
Antonio Pappano leads a performance recorded in London last month
Opera injustice
Hunding, of Die Walküre notoriety, is the most misunderstood character in opera.
Win a Free Ticket to Opening Night at the Met!
Quinn Kelsey and Lise Davidsen star in the Met's new Macbeth. We're giving away one ticket, so screw your courage to the sticking place and enter now!
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
