"A sniveling gnome with exceptional talent" — or so the composer was once described. Yet with his Bayreuth Festival, Richard ...

Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 2 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 9, 2025 at All About Jazz.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Richard Wagner’s opera The Flying Dutchman will close the National Symphony Orchestra’s season with ...

The story of love between fairies and mortals that makes fun of politicians is relevant for today, say producers.

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 ...

The manifest of the plane that went down in Russia is essentially a who’s who for the Wagner mercenary group: The second-in-command, who baptized Wagner with his nom de guerre, the logistics ...

The movie will chart the journey of Richard and Cosima Wagner as they arrive in Venice following the prèmiere of Parsifal in 1882. The plot will turn on an alternative history, ...

Volunteers from the Anderson First Christian Church are partnering with McDonald County Sheriff Rob Evenson to provide meals ...

DEATH OF RICHARD WAGNER. Share full article. Feb. 14, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 14, 1883, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

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 ...