The legend of a ship's captain who is condemned to sail forever: It was his stormy voyage to London in 1839 (escaping his creditors), that set Wagner’s thoughts on the operatic possibilities of "The ...

When the curtain rises on this year's Bayreuth Festival, the director of the opening production -- a brand new staging of of Richard Wagner's most controversial opera, "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg" ...

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.” ...

Wagner was attracted to Bayreuth for its “nice solitude, away from the fume and the industrial foul stench” of the larger cities. It was here, of course, that he built his Festspielhaus, a theatre ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Journalist Michel Friedman (L) and Katharina Wagner, artistic director and managing director of the Bayreuth Festival, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 2013 production of the Ring cycle at Bayreuth, Bavaria - Fine Art Images/Heritage Images A visionary landmark in the history of ...

BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — In Wagner's home theater, a twist has been added to the classic opera “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” *First annual payment billed as $205.00 + GST for one year. This annual ...

WOLFGANG WAGNER, the grandson of the composer Richard Wagner and the leader of the Bayreuth opera festival for more than half a century, has died. He was 90. Wagner, who was also the great-grandson of ...

An Israeli orchestra has made history by performing a concert in Bayreuth, the spiritual home of Hitler's favourite composer Richard Wagner. "It was a joy for us to play Wagner here," Roberto ...

Some time in the middle of Rheingold, about an hour into Wagner’s 15-hour Ring Cycle, a woman in the audience took ill from the heat and had to be shuffled out of the theatre. The town of Bayreuth had ...