The sonic dread they pioneered involved two key ingredients that horror movies and metal bands still use today: a forbidden ...

For some, Richard Wagner is infamous as the favorite composer of Hitler, who seems to have admired Wagner as an early exponent of his own racist ideology and worldview. Impressed by this assumption ...

Yet with his Bayreuth Festival, Wagner managed to create a mythic idea of himself that has obscured who he really was as a ...

Richard Wagner (1813–83) grew up in Dresden and served as Kapellmeister to King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony there from 1843 until he was forced to flee the country after the 1849 uprising. His ...

Think you know what opera is? Sharon, a director and University of Chicago fellow, has written a new book asking audiences to ...

Wagner would "roll over in his grave" if he knew that a bearded Jew was to profit from his letter, auctioneer Meron Eren said A letter written by Hitler's favourite composer Richard Wagner warning ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer, and a very controversial figure. He is credited with the 'birth of modern music'. Wagner had a pretty established musical ...

After closing for renovations earlier this year, Pedro’s Restaurant and Cantina will reopen around the end of October, ...

Richard C. Wagner, 90, of Reading, passed away on Oct. 19th, in Ephrata Manor where he was a recent guest. He was the husband of the late Marie M. (Spatz) Wagner. Born in Reading, he was the son ...

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Israel's public broadcaster has apologised to listeners after music by Richard Wagner was played on the radio. The 19th-Century German composer remains controversial in the country because of his ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer, and a very controversial figure. He is credited with the 'birth of modern music'. Wagner had a pretty established musical ...