Germany's renowned Bayreuth Festival of operas by Richard Wagner kicked off on Friday with a new production of "The ...

It is considered the "most German" of Richard Wagner's operas. Adolf Hitler used the work for his propaganda purposes.

Richard Wagner was Adolf Hitler's favourite composer, long before coming to power in 1933. The dictator saw Wagner as a kindred spirit who had inspired the masses in the 19th century with the powerful ...

Richard Wagner was born 200 years ago this week: on May 22, 1813. In most cases, two centuries is enough to establish a safe distance, a historical world of Empire-waisted gowns and early Romantic ...

LEIPZIG, Germany — How quickly Richard Wagner changed his mind about “Rienzi,” his first successful opera. In his self-aggrandizing memoir, “My Life,” assembled at the request of the ...

"A sniveling gnome with exceptional talent" — or so the composer was once described. Yet with his Bayreuth Festival, Richard Wagner managed to create a mythic idea of himself that has obscured who he ...

Perhaps appropriately for a company that takes its name from a composer known for his exploration of mythology, the origins of the Wagner Group’s name are spun in mystery. So far, chief Yevgevy ...

You might think of Richard Wagner as the composer of gods and myths, of the end of the world and a love that destroys — and you would be right.

On the eve of an election where the choice is nothing less than democracy versus neo-fascism, you don’t have to know much more about Richard Wagner than I do to find Alex Ross’s Wagnerism: Art ...

Filmmakers have been borrowing and adapting the music of Richard Wagner since the dawn of cinema. The 19th century German composer’s lush, ...

The movie will chart the journey of Richard and Cosima Wagner as they arrive in Venice following the prèmiere of Parsifal in 1882. The plot will turn on an alternative history, ...

Germany's renowned Bayreuth Festival of operas by Richard Wagner is scheduled to kick off on Friday afternoon with a new ...