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Barenboim concert for 'Arab capital' Jerusalem
Aug 07, 2009 13:58 EDT
Barenboim's Arab-Israeli orchestra gives concert for Jerusalem the 'Arab cultural capital'. Maestro Daniel Barenboim brought his troupe of young Arab and Israeli classical musicians to Geneva on Friday for a concert dedicated to the late Palestinian-American academic Edward Said and the contentious choice of Jerusalem as this year's "Arab Cultural Capital."
Boos at Swastikas, Nazis in Bayreuth's 'Parsifal'
Aug 02, 2009 20:00 EDT
The Bayreuth Festival's new leadership may be ready and willing to investigate the Nazi past of the legendary month-long music fest dedicated exclusively to the works of Richard Wagner (1813-1883).
Salzburg Festival plans opera webcast
Jul 27, 2009 20:00 EDT
The ultra-exclusive Salzburg Festival is to reach out to a wider audience this year by webcasting one of its opera performances for the first time, organisers announced Tuesday.
Katharina Wagner's 'Meistersinger' booed in Bayreuth
Jul 26, 2009 20:00 EDT
Whether you love it or hate it, there's never a dull moment in Katharina Wagner's uproarious staging of her great-grandfather's "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg", revived here Sunday for its third year.
Curtain rises on 98th Bayreuth Festival
Jul 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
The curtain went up on the first night of the 98th Bayreuth Festival, with a gala performance of "Tristan and Isolde", attended by Germany's political and social elite.
Bayreuth's 'Tristan', or Love in the GDR
Jul 25, 2009 20:00 EDT
A telling moment in Christoph Marthaler's production of "Tristan and Isolde", which opened this year's Bayreuth Festival on Saturday, is when the eponymous heroes drink the love potion in Act I.
Bayreuth opera festival opens under new directors
Jul 25, 2009 12:18 EDT
New faces at Bayreuth as festival opens under Wagner's great-granddaughters. The annual Bayreuth opera festival opened under new management on Saturday, with composer Richard Wagner's great-granddaughters in charge for the first time after their father ran the show for more than 50 years.
Curtain rises on 98th Bayreuth Festival
Jul 24, 2009 20:00 EDT
The curtain went up on the first night of the 98th Bayreuth Festival on Saturday, with a gala performance of "Tristan and Isolde", attended by Germany's political and social elite.
Strike averted at Germany's Bayreuth Festival
Jul 24, 2009 10:41 EDT
Strike averted 1 day before opening of Germany's Bayreuth Festival celebrating Wagner. Union leaders say they have signed an agreement with organizers of the Bayreuth Festival, avoiding a strike one day before the world-famous Wagner celebration was to begin.
Strike averted at Bayreuth Festival
Jul 23, 2009 20:00 EDT
The curtain can go up on the first night of the legendary Bayreuth Festival this week after negotiators reached a wage agreement for stage and technical staff, a union said Friday.
Strike averted in Bayreuth
Jul 23, 2009 20:00 EDT
The show will go on at the Bayreuth Festival this weekend, after unions and management reached a pay deal for stage and technical staff, the Verdi services sector union said Friday.
Bayreuth opening under new Wagners
Jul 23, 2009 06:14 EDT
Bayreuth opening under new Wagners; co-director wants to bring opera 'to the people'. A new generation of Wagners is at the helm as the annual Bayreuth festival opens this weekend, with composer Richard Wagner's great-granddaughter saying that she hopes to help bring "opera to the people."
Salzburg Festival, club for the super-rich feels economic pinch
Jul 22, 2009 20:00 EDT
The Salzburg Festival, one of the world's most exclusive music fests, opens Saturday, with ticket sales down so far this year as a result of the global economic crisis.
The struggle to get into Bayreuth Festival
Jul 22, 2009 20:00 EDT
Many roads lead to the Bayreuth Festival, the prestigious annual month-long summer music fest celebrating the works of Richard Wagner.
Bayreuth opera festival threatened by strike
Jul 13, 2009 20:00 EDT
Germany's Bayreuth opera festival looked set on Tuesday to be hit by its first-ever strike after marathon pay talks between unions representing stage and technical staff and management collapsed.
Schenk's Ring Cycle had profound impact
Apr 27, 2009 16:35 EDT
Otto Schenk's Ring Cycle had profound impact at Metropolitan Opera. When Valhalla burns and crumbles near midnight on May 9, Otto Schenk's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera will be retired.
