With the news of the recent death of the great Wagnerian soprano Birgit Nilsson, it was fitting that the National Symphony Orchestra last evening entered into the atmospheric fantasy world of Wagner's "Ring" cycle. The NSO gave a sumptuous Kennedy Center concert of the complete first act of "Die... -
From NSO, a Wagnerian Class Act
With the news of the recent death of the great Wagnerian soprano Birgit Nilsson, it was fitting that the National Symphony Orchestra last evening entered into the atmospheric fantasy world of Wagner's "Ring" cycle. The NSO gave a sumptuous Kennedy Center concert of the complete first act of "Die...-
By Daniel Ginsberg