As the Buffalo Philharmonic prepares to perform Wagner's operatic prelude to Die Meistersinger, I find myself grappling with the notion of participating in the rendition of music composed by an ...

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.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Opera companies throughout the world are staging Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle this year to fete his 200th birthday on May 22, but Hungarian conductor Adam Fischer is having no ...

Discover the world of Wagner, the controversial composer whose work has graced box office movies, kids’ cartoons and some of ...

It’s hard to imagine what a piece of courtly baroque music would have in common with a love score written by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner, never mind a seminal work of 20th century ...