When it comes to Richard Wagner, one thing has long been clear: he wanted to be in control. The man who invented the idea of "Gesamtkunstwerk," a total synthesis of music, text, drama, scenery and ...

Richard Wagner’s mother, Johanna, was the daughter of a baker in Weissenfels (though some papers show that she may have been the illegitimate daughter of Prince Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin of ...

Derby City Chamber Music Festival plays Strauss, Wagner, and Schoenberg ...

When composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig early in the 19th century, conflict in Europe dominated the political and social landscape. It’s perhaps no surprise then that a musical genius ...

Yet with his Bayreuth Festival, Richard Wagner managed to create a mythic idea of himself that has obscured who he really was. When it comes to Richard Wagner, one thing has long been clear ...