Deutsche Grammophon’s STAGE+ has confirmed a livestream program for this summer, including five key European classical music ...

The tenor Piotr Beczała has been impressing audiences with his back-to-back performances in Wagner's “Lohengrin” in less than ...

Bayreuth said 58,000 people attended this season’s performances. Last season, overall attendance dipped to 97% for 31 performances and just 92% of tickets were sold for the three Ring cycles.

Germany's renowned Bayreuth Festival of operas by Richard Wagner is scheduled to kick off on Friday afternoon with a new production of "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg," and at least two chancellors ...

The festival remains treasured worldwide for the pristine acoustics of its theater, a hilltop opera house that Wagner had a hand in designing, and for its connection to the composer: It has been ...

During the opening of the Bayreuth Festival, a special moment between Markus Söder and Angela Merkel drew attention. Chancellor Friedrich Merz was also present.

BERLIN (AP) — The Bayreuth Festival in Germany announced on Tuesday that it is retaining Katharina Wagner as its director for another five years. Wagner, who turns 46 on May 21 and is a great ...

After the enormous risk of its beginning, the Bayreuth Festival in Germany was for a long time a place where the stagings of Richard Wagner’s operas were encased in amber. When his four-opera ...

BAYREUTH, Germany — The Bayreuth Festival intends to present “Rienzi” for the first time in 2026 for its 150th anniversary, going outside the canon of Richard Wagner’s final 10 operas for ...