As German composer Richard Wagner contemplated the Ring cycle in the 19th century, he decided it wasn’t enough to create a four-night saga of gods and humans. He also envisioned an instrument that ...

Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it. Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the tuba Wagner built.

When Richard Wagner began composing "The Ring of the Nibelung," his visionary opera cycle, he became dissatisfied with a particular musical theme. The solution, he decided, was not to rewrite the ...

North Carolina Opera presents the work of Richard Wagner in Meymandi Concert Hall Sunday, Jan. 27, at 3 p.m. Tickets are $34.25–$94.75. Time doesn’t necessarily beget progress. We tend to believe that ...

Engines Podcast Engines of Our Ingenuity 2341: Wagner’s Tuba Episode: 2341 Richard Wagner conceives a sound, then invents an instrument to create it. Today, horn player Roger Kaza tells us about the ...