The Bayreuth Festival, one of the hottest tickets in the world of opera, opened with a well-received new production of Richard Wagner’s opera “Tristan and Isolde” on July 25, which also won praise ...

‘In that hour, it all began.” With those words, Adolf Hitler famously traced his political awakening to a performance of Richard Wagner’s Rienzi. Last month, for the first time in the Bayreuth ...

The 37th site in Germany makes the country one of the most prolific in the UNESCO list BERLIN, Germany – Germany’s Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, famous for its annual Wagner festival, joins the ...

Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg" live via the Internet. The catch is the price _ $77 ...

Germany's legendary Bayreuth opera festival dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner opens Monday, but security fears and off-stage drama threaten to cast a long shadow over the 140-year-old event.

A reinterpreted version of the Wilhelminian opera L'Huomo is planned by Prof. Dr. Kordula Knaus, Professor of Music Theatre Studies at the University of Bayreuth, and her project partners for spring ...

For the first time in its 150-year history, the Bayreuth Festival staged Wagner’s Rienzi, Hitler’s favorite opera, reopening questions about propaganda and antisemitism. ‘In that hour, it all began.” ...