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

The Ring Festival 2026 brings together the four operas of Richard Wagner's The Ring Cycle at the Opéra Bastille. Two complete ...

Tacoma Opera presents Wagner’s “Die Walküre” for two performances this weekend at the Pantages Theater. Sung in German and ...

A German tenor, he was admired for his clear, powerful voice and his exceptional stamina during hourslong performances. By Adam Nossiter Peter Seiffert, a German tenor admired for his clear, powerful ...

TORONTO—There’s something about Wagner’s operas. It’s a feeling that’s hard to explain, keeping you on the edge of your seat, breathlessly hanging on to every note and word. “There’s just something ...

Jack Wagner says that starring in soap operas is no easy feat. The 65-year-old actor, who has famously had roles in General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Melrose Place, opened up about ...

The world had plenty of reasons to forget Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle, “Der Ring des Nibelungen.” None of the four makes sense without the others—they premiered together in 1876—but the prospect ...