That advisory aside, he emphasized the playfulness of his Wagner conceit: “I took some kids on it once, and they said, ‘Oh, this is like a movie,’ and I realized, Well, they would never have ...

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Verena Wagner Lafferentz passed away last month. She was the last surviving grandchild of the composer Richard Wagner. The death of a 98-year-old widow in Germany last April attracted worldwide ...

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Discover the world of Wagner, the controversial composer whose work has graced box office movies, kids’ cartoons and ... When ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer, and a very controversial figure. He is credited with the 'birth of modern music'. Wagner had a pretty established musical ...

Cutting-edge technology has again come to the Bayreuth Festival, where Wagner premiered his final opera with the latest stagecraft in 1882. By Zachary Woolfe Zachary Woolfe attended this ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer, and a very controversial figure. He is credited with the 'birth of modern music'. Wagner had a pretty established musical ...