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.

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

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Which is why, not long into my resolution, I decided to jump into the deep end and listen to all of Richard Wagner’s opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Top Stories.

Wagner frequently appeared on CBS Evening News from the 1960s to the 1980s, and was a ... Richard Wagner, a longtime correspondent for CBS News, has died. He was 85.

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