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Bayreuth Festival plans to present Wagner's 'Rienzi' for the first time in 2026
Associated Press via AOL· 11 months agoThe Bayreuth Festival intends to present "Rienzi" for the first time in 2026 for its 150th...
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...
Katharina Wagner will lead the Bayreuth Festival for 5 more years
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoThe Bayreuth Festival in Germany announced on Tuesday that it is retaining Katharina Wagner as its...
Augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's `Parsifal' opens Bayreuth Festival
Associated Press via AOL· 11 months agoA giant swan sailed into auditorium and crashed, felled by a huge arrow still protruding. In the...
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...
Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGrace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's...
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...
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 ...
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 ...