Two conductors — a mentor and a protégé, both trained as pianists — bring precision and lyricism to the first new staging of ...

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 ...

On occasion, an opera performance is so pitch-perfect, so theatrical, that the audience asks for more when the final curtain ...

It’s one of the great epics of Western civilization, a four-part drama of family dysfunction and betrayal, of gods and mortals, giants and dwarfs, sacrifice and ultimate cleansing and renewal by fire ...

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, ...

As Korea’s opera scene heads into the year’s final stretch, major companies across the country are unveiling high-profile ...

GLYNDEBOURNE, England (Reuters) - A new production of "Die Meistersinger" at the Glyndebourne festival sets aside the Nazi associations of Wagner's controversial opera to focus on its timeless story ...

Eun Sun Kim, who is preparing to lead the San Francisco Opera in a new production "Parsifal," reveals her bold artistry and vision for the company's evolving sound.

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.

LONDON (Reuters) - The founder of the Glyndebourne festival loved Wagner and performed excerpts from "Die Meistersinger" on the organ, but that was before the Nazis adopted the composer's longest ...

HOLLYWOOD, prepare to witness a live blockbuster. L.A. Opera will debut the first part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, “Das Rheingold,” on Saturday, a moment long in coming to Los Angeles that was first ...