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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...
A Dynastic Struggle Worthy of a Wagner Opera
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 5 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...
Nathalie Stutzmann become second woman to conduct at Bayreuth, 2 years after gender barrier broken
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTwo years after the debut of the Bayreuth Festival’s first female conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann...
Augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's `Parsifal' opens Bayreuth Festival
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA giant swan sailed into auditorium and crashed, felled by a huge arrow still protruding. In the...
Opera Singer Stephen Gould Dead of Bile Duct Cancer at 61: 'Always in Our Hearts'
People via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe famed tenor starred in over 3000 shows of 'The Phantom of the Opera,' among many other acclaimed...
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 ...
Salzburg Festival nearly sold out while others in classical music struggle to regain audience
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPeople fill the cobblestone streets of the city where Mozart was born, rushing to 213 performances...
Christian Thielemann leads Vienna Philharmonic US tour
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDuring the height of the coronavirus pandemic in November 2020, when Vienna was shut down and people...
Met Opera hosts 4 female conductors in landmark week. From its founding to 2016, there were only 4
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOksana Lyniv, Speranza Scappucci, Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang filled their lockers in the guest...
Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto now conductor, to debut at Met
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhile singing on the world’s great stages, Nathalie Stutzmann thought about blond lager. Minutes...