The Ring of the Nibelung was first staged at the Mariinsky Theatre from 1900 to 1905 under the direction of the legendary ...

The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada says there’s been progress ensuring trials are completed in a timely manner, ...

Pumpkins' lead singer Billy Corgan will be joined by Lyric's orchestra, chorus and as a group of operatically trained ...

Derby City Chamber Music Festival plays Strauss, Wagner, and Schoenberg ...

Richard Wilhelm Wagner, a cherished husband, father and uncle to his nieces and nephews passed away peacefully on February 6, 2025, at the age of 96 in Granger, IN. Born on November 1, 1928 ...

Richard Wagner’s mother, Johanna, was the daughter of a baker in Weissenfels (though some papers show that she may have been the illegitimate daughter of Prince Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin of ...

Europe is dotted all over with beautiful castles that draw in millions of visitors. The continent's monarchs and aristocrats spared no expense in creating their ideal residences. Perhaps the world ...

When it comes to Richard Wagner, one thing has long been clear: he wanted to be in control. The man who invented the idea of "Gesamtkunstwerk," a total synthesis of music, text, drama, scenery and ...

As part of the Supreme Court of Canada's 150th-anniversary celebrations, Chief Justice Richard Wagner and Justices Suzanne Côté and Sheilah L. Martin will visit Moncton, New Brunswick, on March 10-11.

Hans Rudolf Vaget is professor emeritus of German studies and comparative literature at Smith, where he taught from 1967 to 2004. He received his academic training at the universities of Munich and ...

On Wednesday Wagner made the trip to No.10 Downing Street alongside West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker to lobby support from ...

Wagner’s Ring begins with crime – the theft of the magical Rhinegold – and ends with punishment: the fiery annihilation of the gods and their great fortress, Valhalla, in the last opera of t ...