We're in concert with the Kirov Orchestra and conductor Valery Gergiev to hear music by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). From a performance the orchestra gave at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, we hear ...
A new production of Richard Wagner’s opera “Tannhauser” in Germany was reportedly booed by members of the audience who were apparently upset over the use of Nazi imagery in the staging. The opera ...
The director of the controversial new production of Wagner’s “Tannhauser” that made ample use of Nazi imagery -- including swastikas on costumes and a set that featured a pseudo-gas chamber -- has ...
Wartburg Castle has fallen on hard times in Tim Albery’s dark vision of Richard Wagner’s opera “Tannhaeuser.” The people are at war, and their fortress lies in ruins. His new staging, which opened ...