The year 2013 marks the bicentennial of Richard Wagner’s birth and represents a perfect opportunity to hold a Wagner celebration. Wagner was first and foremost an opera composer, and his works are usually very large in scope. Bjarni Thor Kristinsson has performed on the operatic stage abroad for a number of years, often appearing in works by Mozart, Strauss, and Wagner. It is an opportunity worth waiting for to hear this star lend his deep, resonant voice to Wagner’s music.