Life Is Short, Opera Is Long, but Wagner Is Forever

Brian Carter, professor of music, has sung Loge in Das Rheingold and Siegmund from the Act I Finale of Die Walküre. He talks about his experiences as a Wagnerian singer.

“It’s only about twelve to fifteen minutes long,” Dr. Carter says, “but it’s a bombastic sing. It’s huge sounding and it’s got three arias, two of which are for the tenor, making it lots of fun.”

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