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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patrons of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra concerts next weekend are going to hear a couple of unusual instruments that they may not have heard before: the didgeridoo and the Wagner tuba. Each will ...

Steve Jones on the Wagner tuba that broke wind... I went last week with a distinguished lady scientist to Siegfried at Covent Garden. I am keen on Wagner, but this was exceptional: at the end of the ...

Richard Wagner was, and still is today, arguably the most controversial figure in classical music. A self-appointed deity and hyperdriven genius, Wagner is often considered the ultimate megalomaniac.

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.