British actor, writer and bon vivant Stephen Fry has loved the music of Richard Wagner since he first heard it played on his father's gramophone. "It released forces within me," he explains early on ...

Richard Wagner was, and still is today, arguably the most controversial figure in classical music. A self-appointed deity and hyperdriven genius, Wagner is often considered the ultimate megalomaniac.

The Bastille Opera House presents Siegfried by Richard Wagner, the third installment of The Ring of the Nibelung, in a ...

Israel's public broadcaster has apologized for playing the music of 19th-century composer Richard Wagner, a renowned anti-Semite. The classical radio station Kol Hamusica broadcast the third act of ...

Not to mention her great-grandfather. Bayreuth founder Wagner welcomed inventive perspectives on his works, though he only lived to see the "Ring" and "Parsifal" produced at the festival. He designed ...

Perhaps appropriately for a company that takes its name from a composer known for his exploration of mythology, the origins of the Wagner Group’s name are spun in mystery. So far, chief Yevgevy ...

Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music. By Alex Ross.Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 784 pages; $40. Fourth Estate; £30. HITLER CASTS as long a shadow over Richard Wagner as Wagner casts over ...

Wagner frequently appeared on CBS Evening News from the 1960s to the 1980s, and was a key contributor to the network's coverage of the Vietnam War and other major news Richard Wagner, a longtime ...

Longtime CBS News correspondent and US Army veteran Richard Wagner has died at the age of 85. Wagner’s wife, Donna Lewis-Wagner, confirmed news of his death to Deadline, revealing he died at his home ...