Wagner

Valkyrie and a Dying Hero. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

What is a leitmotif?

Richard Wagner

Wagner: why the music of the brilliant German composer is often misunderstood and considered difficult

Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll: the story behind the composer's Christmas gift of love

Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll: the story behind the composer’s Christmas gift of love

What is the 'Tristan Chord'?

What is the ‘Tristan Chord’?

What does Wagner's Ring cycle mean?

What is Wagner’s Ring Cycle?

A guide to Wagner’s Parsifal

A guide to Wagner’s Siegfried

A guide to Wagner’s Götterdämmerung

A guide to Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde guide

A guide to Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde

A guide to Wagner’s Das Rheingold

A guide to Wagner’s Tannhäuser

Wagner's great Romantic opera Lohengrin

A guide to Wagner’s Lohengrin

A guide to Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer

A guide to Wagner’s Die Walküre