Shakespeare never leaves our contemporary world completely. But he, or at least some variation on his work, has recently become more obvious. In “The Lost King,” for example, his play “Richard III” is ...

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It is one of the pinnacle roles in all of opera: Wotan, king of the gods in Wagner’s epic “Ring.” It’s a nearly fathomless part that demands a beautiful voice, power, subtle acting, keen intelligence ...

Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance, in Verdi’s glorious Shakespearean comedy. Maestro Daniele ...

The long-awaited revival of Herbert Wernicke’s production, which premiered in 2001 and has not appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House since the 2013-2014 season, bears out this difficulty. Strauss’s ...