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 ...

A former convict-turned-restaurateur, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s humble origins gave way to an astonishing, if unlikely, ascent.

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 ...

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 ...