During Germany's last 150 years, a king has been dethroned, a kaiser has abdicated, and a dictator has fallen, but on the Green Hill in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth, one thing has stood the test of ...

A survey at Oper Leipzig provides an opportunity to reassess the youthful efforts that have been excluded from the composer’s canon. By Joshua Barone LEIPZIG, Germany — How quickly Richard Wagner ...

A new production of Richard Wagner’s “Tannhauser” opera in Dusseldorf, which drew harsh criticism for staging Nazi atrocities, has been cancelled after less than a week. At opening performances by the ...

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Paul Curran makes his Company debut directing his production from Venice's Teatro La Fenice which features renowned Wagnerian interpreters Simon O'Neill and Anja Kampe in the title roles. In ...

Protopapas and Manich, who were responsible for the last major production of the quarantine-abbreviated 2020 season with Il Postino a year ago in March, are making a triumphant return to the Lobero ...

The simplest and most full-blooded conception” is how Wagner described his opera Tristan and Isolde, which received a tremendous concert performance by a stellar cast and the LSO under Antonio ...

During Germany’s last 150 years, a king has been dethroned, a kaiser has abdicated, and a dictator has fallen, but on the Green Hill in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth, one thing has stood the test of ...

In a paper published in the Christmas edition of The BMJ, researchers have looked at how German composer Richard Wagner's disabling migraines and headaches influenced his operas. As composer of ...

Chicago’s Lyric Opera announced the company’s 2023-24 season Tuesday, billing the extensive slate as a “global tour of opera featuring a richly curated slate of musical events in six different ...