British actor, writer and bon vivant Stephen Fry has loved the music of Richard Wagner since he first heard it played on his father's gramophone. "It released forces within me," he explains early on ...

The Bastille Opera House presents Siegfried by Richard Wagner, the third installment of The Ring of the Nibelung, in a ...

Richard Wagner was, and still is today, arguably the most controversial figure in classical music. A self-appointed deity and hyperdriven genius, Wagner is often considered the ultimate megalomaniac.

Israel's public broadcaster has apologized for playing the music of 19th-century composer Richard Wagner, a renowned anti-Semite. The classical radio station Kol Hamusica broadcast the third act of ...

Not to mention her great-grandfather. Bayreuth founder Wagner welcomed inventive perspectives on his works, though he only lived to see the "Ring" and "Parsifal" produced at the festival. He designed ...

Perhaps appropriately for a company that takes its name from a composer known for his exploration of mythology, the origins of the Wagner Group’s name are spun in mystery. So far, chief Yevgevy ...

A planned performance of the music of Richard Wagner in Israel has been abruptly canceled following an apparent disagreement between the presenter and Tel Aviv University, which was supposed to host ...

Wagner frequently appeared on CBS Evening News from the 1960s to the 1980s, and was a key contributor to the network's coverage of the Vietnam War and other major news Richard Wagner, a longtime ...

No one has ever been able to explain exactly why Richard Wagner had such a shuddering impact on nineteenth- and twentieth-century culture, to the point where he became the subject of a somewhat ...

Longtime CBS News correspondent and US Army veteran Richard Wagner has died at the age of 85. Wagner’s wife, Donna Lewis-Wagner, confirmed news of his death to Deadline, revealing he died at his home ...