Remember the giddy excitement of the kids who had Golden Tickets to meet the reclusive candy maker Willy Wonka in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? Well, that's pretty much how I felt ...

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 ...

BAYREUTH, GermanyBAYREUTH, Germany — The annual Bayreuth opera festival opened under new management on Saturday, with composer Richard Wagner’s great-granddaughters in charge for the first time after ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer arrives at Festival Hall in Bayreuth, Germany, Sunday July 25, 2021, at the start of the Richard Wagner Festival with a new production of ...

On Sunday, for the first time, an opera performance was streamed on the Internet live from the Bayreuth Festival. Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” was made accessible to the first 10,000 ...

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.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Germany's annual Bayreuth opera festival is going digital, streaming video and audio of its opening performance of "Die Meistersinger ...

Sir Donald McIntyre, who has died aged 91, was a former rugby player whose stamina, athleticism and resonant voice enabled ...

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.