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

Police are mounting a major operation to protect the Berlin Pride parade, with hundreds of thousands expected to attend. Merz ...

Richard Wagner was Adolf Hitler's favourite composer, long before coming to power in 1933. The dictator saw Wagner as a ...

During the opening of the Bayreuth Festival, a special moment between Markus Söder and Angela Merkel drew attention.

Florian Silbereisen had an eventful evening at the Bayreuth Festival. After a minor mishap, he was able to pose for a photo ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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