The Metropolitan Opera in New York has lost its Siegfried for its costly new production of Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle. The company said in a release Tuesday that heldentenor Ben Heppner has withdrawn from the production because the singer “has retired the role from his repertory.” Heppner’s casting as Siegfried in the Met’s new “Ring” […]
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Peter Hofmann – from Wagner to Phantom – dies at 66
German tenor Peter Hofmann, who became famous for his performances of Richard Wagner operas, died Tuesday. He was 66. The Rheinische Post newspaper quoted his brother Fritz Hofmann saying he died at a hospital in Wunsiedel in Bavaria. The mass-circulation newspaper Bild also reported Hofmann’s death after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. “Peter Hofmann, […]
