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,” ...

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 ...

BERLIN (AP) — The annual Bayreuth opera festival has returned after a one-year break forced by the coronavirus pandemic, with a woman conducting for the first time in the 145-year history of the event ...

BAYREUTH, Germany — Articles about 19th-century operas typically do not require spoiler alerts. This one does. That is because Wagner’s “Lohengrin” — as staged at the Bayreuth Festival here by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The red carpet is fixed in front of the Festspielhaus for the opening of the Bayreuth Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany ...

BAYREUTH – In Wagner's home theater, a twist has been added to the classic opera “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” Instead of Walther joining the guild of master singers and preparing to marry Eva ...

LONDON (Reuters) - It's happened very fast for soprano Catherine Foster, who was a midwife before she became a singer and this week will be the first Englishwoman to sing Brunnhilde for Wagner's "Ring ...

BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — The Bayreuth Festival intends to present "Rienzi" for the first time in 2026 for its 150th anniversary, going outside the canon of Richard Wagner's final 10 operas for the ...

Residents express concerns over the museum’s new industrial park location and modern design, fearing it strays from Botetourt’s architectural heritage. Read full article: Botetourt History Museum’s ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BAYREUTH, Germany (AP) — The Bayreuth ...