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Bayreuth Festival plans to present Wagner's 'Rienzi' for the first time in 2026
Associated Press via AOL· 9 months agoThe Bayreuth Festival intends to present "Rienzi" for the first time in 2026 for its 150th...
A Dynastic Struggle Worthy of a Wagner Opera
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Dynastic Struggle Worthy of a Wagner OperaGetty Images During Germany’s last 150 years, a king has been dethroned, a kaiser has abdicated, and a...
Bayreuth Festival to have three women conductors, three years after gender barrier broken
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Bayreuth Festival will have three female conductors this summer, three years after the podium...
Nathalie Stutzmann become second woman to conduct at Bayreuth, 2 years after gender barrier broken
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTwo years after the debut of the Bayreuth Festival’s first female conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann...
Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoGrace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's...
Augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's `Parsifal' opens Bayreuth Festival
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA giant swan sailed into auditorium and crashed, felled by a huge arrow still protruding. In the...
Tenor Stephen Gould says he has been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTenor Stephen Gould, 61, says he has been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer. Gould withdrew...
Opera Singer Stephen Gould Dead of Bile Duct Cancer at 61: 'Always in Our Hearts'
People via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe famed tenor starred in over 3000 shows of 'The Phantom of the Opera,' among many other acclaimed...
Singer Dies At Age 61 After Being Diagnosed With Bile Duct Cancer
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSinger Stephen Gould performs as Peter Grimes in a rehearsal for the opera "Peter Grimes", written...
Grace Bumbry, trailblazing Black opera star and one of world’s most celebrated singers, dies at 86
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoGrace Bumbry, the trailblazer opera diva who became the first Black singer to perform at the prestigious Bayreuth Festival in Germany, has died. She was 86. Bumbry, a 2009 Kennedy Center honoree ...