For the first time in its 150-year history, the Bayreuth Festival staged Wagner’s Rienzi, Hitler’s favorite opera, reopening ...

During Germany’s last 150 years, a king has been dethroned, a kaiser has abdicated, and a dictator has fallen, but on the Green Hill in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth, one thing has stood the test of ...

Paul du Quenoy on the Bayreuth Festival’s premiere production of Wagner’s ”Rienzi.” ...

At the festival that Wagner founded, a new “Parsifal” looks different depending on how you see it, and a workshop model refreshes revivals. By Zachary Woolfe Zachary Woolfe saw Wagner’s “Ring,” ...

Bayreuth’s opera "Rienzi" premiered under a cloud of controversy — and the arguments haven’t stopped since opening night. Meanwhile, the festival’s AI-powered Ring Cycle provokes a fresh wave of ...

A brand-new production of Richard Wagner’s opera “Tristan and Isolde” by the composer’s great-granddaughter was warmly received at its premiere on Saturday, marking the start of this year’s legendary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new production of Hitler's favorite opera, 'Rienzi' opened the 150th Bayreuth FestivalEnrico Nawrath Even before opening night, ...

Siegfried Helferich Richard Wagner was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was an opera composer ...