Germany's legendary Bayreuth opera festival dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner opens Monday, but security fears and off-stage drama threaten to cast a long shadow over the 140-year-old event.

Wolfgang Wagner, grandson of Richard, is to step down as director of the Bayreuth Festival, ending a long controversy over his leadership. He's been in charge for 57 years. Wolfgang Wagner will ...

The opera "Tristan und Isolde" kicked off the Bayreuth Festival, offering brief reprieve from news of war, climate catastrophes and an ongoing pandemic. Director Roland Schwab had set Wagner's drama ...

Gudrun Wagner, wife of the Bayreuth Opera Festival’s director and a key figure in the family battle over control of the German arts institution that was founded by composer Richard Wagner, has died.

BERLINBERLIN — 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 ...

On April 12 the Opera House will be reopened after a lengthy renovation. Built by famous theatre architect Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, it is one of the most spectacular buildings of European Baroque ...

Acclaimed singer Sir Donald McIntyre has died. According to Opera Wire, the bass-baritone singer passed away on Nov. 13 at age 91. Born in Auckland, New Zealand on Oct. 22, 1934, McIntyre studied at ...

Germany’s annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of “Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg” live via the Internet. The catch is the price – $77 ...