Michael Downes’ Story of the Century dives into the making of the composer’s monumental and controversial work ...

"A sniveling gnome with exceptional talent"— or so the composer was once described. Yet with his Bayreuth Festival, Wagner managed to create a mythic idea of himself that has obscured who he really ...

For some, Richard Wagner is infamous as the favorite composer of Hitler, who seems to have admired Wagner as an early exponent of his own racist ideology and worldview. Impressed by this assumption ...

In the case of Tristan und Isolde, what we get here is a stage set that only barely suggests the wooden ship on which Tristan escorts Ireland’s princess Isolde to Cornwall where she is to marry ...

Israel's public broadcaster has apologised to listeners after music by Richard Wagner was played on the radio. The 19th-Century German composer remains controversial in the country because of his ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer, and a very controversial figure. He is credited with the 'birth of modern music'. Wagner had a pretty established musical ...

The group itself is named after his call sign Wagner. It is seemingly a reference to composer Richard Wagner, who was Adolf Hitler's favourite composer. In recent years, Utkin is reported to have ...

Richard O. Wagner, born on June 10th 1949, in Bath NY, passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday December 17th, 2024 at the Guthrie Cortland Medical Center. Richard loved working with his ...

It is with a profound sadness and a heavy heart that I share the sudden passing of my beloved father, Walter Arthur Wagner.

Christopher Eccleston goes head-to-head with the grim reaper's cavalry in Wagner's piece. Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer, and a very controversial figure.