When it comes to Richard Wagner, one thing has long been clear: he wanted to be in control. The man who invented the idea of ...

In 1944, a young Private in the Army was headed to combat in Europe. Before leaving he and his buddies and a few of his ...

For some, Richard Wagner is infamous as the favorite composer of Hitler, who seems to have admired Wagner as an early exponent of his own racist ideology and worldview. Impressed by this assumption ...

Katharina Wagner, the great-granddaughter of German composer Richard Wagner, is in city to announce a three-year residency project with Shanghai Grand Theater. Three of Wagner's operas, as well as ...

The Bayreuth Festival has dropped four productions from its 150th anniversary season in 2026 because of budget cuts.

Brighton, N.Y. A local annual event remembers the countless sacrifices made by the men and women of the armed forces.

With the Bayreuth Festival brand coming to Shanghai for the first time, the city is set to host the festival's only residency ...

In this book Lucy Beckett gives a comprehensive account of Wagner's last and strangest opera. The literary sources of this work, its many links with Wagner's life and thought, its libretto, music and ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer, and a very controversial figure. He is credited with the 'birth of modern music'. Wagner had a pretty established musical ...