German singer and conductor Peter Schreier, widely regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century, died on Thursday at the age of 84 after a long illness, his secretary
said.
He's under house arrest in Moscow without a phone or the internet, yet Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov's new opera is set to premiere in Germany on Sunday.
An edgy new opera production by Australian Jewish director Barrie Kosky tackling Wagner's anti-Semitism head-on won rapturous applause at Germany's renowned Bayreuth opera festival and rave reviews Wednesday.
Beloved by Adolf Hitler and Angela Merkel alike, the Bayreuth Festival honouring Richard Wagner kicks off on Saturday. But critics say the composer's progeny have dragged the festival too far from its origins.
Thomas Quasthoff left behind a sparkling career as a concert bass-baritone last year to pursue new projects. Now he stars in a comedy show in Berlin's West End. One of the country's most acclaimed performers, he is our German of the Week.
Frank Castorf, the controversial German theatre director who staged Richard Wagner's "Twilight of the Gods" at this year's Bayreuth Festival, poked fun at audience for booing the premiere on Wednesday.
Mini versions of Richard Wagner's best-known works are on offer in Bayreuth this year for those who baulk at the prospect of sitting through operas lasting five hours and more.
Germany is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of <b>Richard Wagner</b> on Wednesday. Probably the country's most revered and reviled composer, the man considered both a musical genius and an anti-Semite is The Local's German of the Week.
A Nazi-themed production of Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser" opera has been cancelled in Düsseldorf after realistic death scenes distressed audience members, the opera house said Thursday.
In the latest instalment of <b>My German Career</b>, The Local spoke with US opera singer <b>Edward Mout</b>, who performs with the Staatsoper Hannover.
The Munich opera hit out on Monday at the organisers of the Bayreuth Festival over their handling of a row about a Russian singer with a Nazi tattoo who had been scheduled to perform.
A Russian metal drummer turned star opera singer has pulled out of this year's legendary Bayreuth Festival just three days before the opening premiere - after a scandal broke over a Nazi symbol tattooed on his chest.
German city Hamburg ended a row Thursday with the firm building a concert hall intended to rival the Sydney Opera House, already years behind schedule and millions over budget.
US artist Spencer Tunick, famed for his mass nude photoshoots, is calling for Bavarians to take their clothes off for him – happily over what should be a warm weekend in June.
Daniel Barenboim, the Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor, is to extend his contract as general music director of the Berlin's renowned State Opera, city officials said Thursday.
A specially composed opera with a difference premiered in a Berlin swimming pool this week, with singers performing in and out and even under the water.
Star Music Director for the Bavarian State Opera Kent Nagano will not extend his contract as a result of internal strife, the American conductor said on Tuesday.
A mobile opera house that can be pulled apart and fit into a shipping container was unveiled Monday by the Bavarian State Opera, which expects its new creation to travel Germany and the world to showcase experimental performances.
Dresden State Operetta is preparing to stage the European premiere of George Gershwin’s musical "Pardon My English", which is set in the Saxon city, more than 70 years after it opened on Broadway.
The Local's series "Making it in Germany" presents <b>Soula Parassidis</b>, a Canadian soprano singer who now performs at the Leipzig Opera after arriving with nothing but a suitcase.
The curtain rises on the 98th Richard Wagner Festspiele in Bayreuth on Saturday night with a revival of a production of Tristan and Isolde by Swiss director Christoph Marthaler.
The new head of Germany’s famed Bayreuth opera festival, Katharina Wagner, narrowly avoided an auto accident early on Friday morning when she took the wheel after the driver of the car suffered a heart attack and died.
