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Katharina Wagner will lead the Bayreuth Festival for 5 more years
Associated Press via AOL· 4 weeks agoThe Bayreuth Festival in Germany announced on Tuesday that it is retaining Katharina Wagner as its...
Bayreuth Festival plans to present Wagner's 'Rienzi' for the first time in 2026
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoThe Bayreuth Festival intends to present "Rienzi" for the first time in 2026 for its 150th...
Augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's `Parsifal' opens Bayreuth Festival
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA giant swan sailed into auditorium and crashed, felled by a huge arrow still protruding. In the...
Bayreuth Festival to have three women conductors, three years after gender barrier broken
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 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 AOL· 10 months agoTwo years after the debut of the Bayreuth Festival’s first female conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann...
A Dynastic Struggle Worthy of a Wagner Opera
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 4 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...
Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoGrace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's...
Joseph Calleja withdraws from `Parsifal' opening Bayreuth Festival on July 25
Associated Press via AOL· 11 months agoTenor Joseph Calleja withdrew Monday from the title role in “Parsifal” that opens the annual Richard Wagner Festival at Bayreuth, Germany, and will be replaced by Andreas Schager. Calleja, who ...
Singer Dies At Age 61 After Being Diagnosed With Bile Duct Cancer
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 9 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· 1 year 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 ...