A MODERN version of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser opera has been cancelled in Germany after the opening-night audience complained about new scenes showing Jews being murdered and dying in gas chambers.

Of all the mature operas of Richard Wagner, “Tannhauser” requires perhaps the greatest indulgence from all but the most uncritical of Wagnerites. For one thing, it is long and repetitious, lasting ...

Timofei Kulyabin attacks ‘absurd’ charge over his production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser which is alleged to have ‘desecrated’ the image of Jesus Christ Russia on Tuesday accused the director of a ...

A modern version of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser has been cancelled after members of the opening night audience were left so distressed they had to seek medical help. Some viewers were treated for ...

The Metropolitan Opera has been feeding us one audience favorite after another this fall, and the latest hit to arrive is Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser." When it comes to operatic composers -- at least ...

Tannhauser, a German Opera by Richard Wagner, four-hours in length with three intermissions, follows the story of a man facing a moral dilemma: virtuous love with the virgin Elisabeth, or profane ...

Newcomer to opera, choreographer Sasha Waltz is founder of a dance troupe as renowned as that of Pina Bausch. In directing her first Wagner, she challenges the traditionalists. Any Wagner lover ...