Yet Wagner’s achievements are now accepted wholesale, so there isn’t a need to categorize any of his operas as successes or failures — except, perhaps, for “Die Feen.” ...

The production is only one of a few attempts nationally this year to stage one of opera's most intimidating works.

A portrait of the composer Richard Wagner, whose family is still running the opera festival he founded in 1876. However, the question seems to be for how long?Heritage Images - Getty Images ...

The Ring” exudes dramatic power. Author Michael Downes tackles the controversies, while keeping the music front and center.

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen opens its 2025–26 season with a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal, directed by Susanne Kennedy and ...

Films and classroom resources on 19th Century German composer Richard Wagner, famous for his massive operas with epic stories.

Dallas Symphony begins its semi-staged Wagner ‘Ring’ with the cycle’s first two operas Music director Fabio Luisi will conduct ‘Das Rheingold’ and ‘Die Walküre’ at the Meyerson.

Richard Wagner was Adolf Hitler's favorite 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 ...

Wolfgang Wagner, grandson of composer Richard Wagner, who ran the annual Wagner opera festival in Bayreuth, Germany, for 57 years before stepping down in 2008, died March 21 at his home in Bayreuth.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Wagner College Opera is set to present “Something More,” a captivating concert showcasing opera scenes from renowned composers such as Donizetti, Verdi, Mozart, Strauss ...

A portrait of the composer Richard Wagner, whose family is still running the opera festival he founded in 1876. However, the question seems to be for how long?Heritage Images - Getty Images ...