Opera singer Jess Thomas, one of the greatest Wagnerian tenors of the last half-century, died Monday night at his Tiburon home after suffering a heart attack. He was 66. Mr. Thomas, who made his debut ...

Peter Seiffert in Tristan und Isolde at Vienna State Opera in 2013 - Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images Peter Seiffert, who has died aged 71, was a German tenor known for his hefty Wagnerian roles, notably ...

For every social and cultural moment, Wagner always seems to have a comment at the ready. Die Walküre, the second opera in the Ring cycle, returned to the Met for the first time in what feels like an ...

Hildegard Behrens, a soprano who was one of the finest Wagnerian performers of her generation, has died while traveling in Japan. She was 72. Jonathan Friend, artistic administrator of the ...

It might be thought a touch hubristic, not to say risky, to add new layers of mystery to a work as notoriously enigmatic as Wagner’s Parsifal. In fact, Jetske Mijnssen’s revelatory production ...

Backstabbing and boos are the lifeblood of the Wagner Festival held in Bayreuth every summer. Founded by composer Richard Wagner in 1876 and a place of pilgrimage ever since, even obsessive Wagnerians ...

If anybody doubts that a conductor can have a far-reaching influence over an orchestra, this disc is a good place to start. Newly installed earlier this year as music director in Leipzig, Latvian ...

Birgit Nilsson, considered the finest Wagnerian soprano of her generation, has died. She was 87. Nilsson died Dec. 25, the Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported. The cause of death was not ...

When the curtain rises next week on the first ­ever Glyndebourne production of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, the ghost of the festival’s founder, John Christie, can finally sleep easily. It ...

Wagnerian parlayed clear sailing and firm footing to a half-length victory in the 85th running of the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1) May 27 at Tokyo Racecourse. Previously undefeated favorite Danon ...