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It took Wagner nearly 26 years to finish his Ring Cycle or 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'. This masterpiece is made up of four operas (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung) and is ...

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday ...

Puccini's La bohème: the best recordings of this masterful opera ...

Richard Morrison is the chief music critic and culture writer for The Times. He is also a columnist for BBC Music Magazine, for which he was awarded Columnist of the Year at the 2012 PPA Awards. In ...

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the ...

'America The Beautiful': what are the lyrics to this patriotic US song?

Find the lyrics to many of your favourite Christmas carols, from 'Silent Night' to 'Jingle Bells', 'Hark The Herald Angels' to 'The Holly and The Ivy' and discover the history of each carol 'We Wish ...

Hear Vaughan Williams' 'Lark Ascending' as it was originally written: for piano and violin duo ...