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Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday passes with little notice in the U.S.

Arts, Culture & Media

Richard Wagner’s music was widely celebrated in the United States for nearly a century, until it became inextricably linked with Nazism in the mid-20th Century. In late May, Wagner’s 200th birthday passed — and it did so with almost no fanfare.

Handel for Headbangers

Arts, Culture & Media

The sweet, sweet sounds of a bailout

Arts, Culture & Media

‘Hitler’s Composer’: Why an Israeli is Rethinking Wagner’s Music and Legacy

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Dali’s Mad Tristan On View in Quebec

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Robert Lepage’s ‘Ring des Nibelungen’ at the Met

Arts, Culture & Media

New York’s Metropolitan Opera just ended its first run of a brand new “Ring” cycle. Several years ago, the Met asked visionary playwright and theater director Robert Lepage to produce Wagner’s epic four-part “Ring of the Nibelungen.”

Finnish Singer Mirel Wagner Takes Inspiration from the Blues

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Finnish singer Mirel Wagner’s music takes inspiration from the blues and her lyrics tend toward the morbid.

The World

Global Goals

Commentator Gernot Wagner looks at parallels between the world’s favorite environmental issue and the world’s favorite sports pastime.

Almanac: Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle

This week, facts about Richard Wagner’s monumental opera, the Ring Cycle. Set in the Rhine, it’s a tale of love, loss and deception among the dwarves of the forest.

Almanac: Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle

This week, facts about Richard Wagner’s monumental opera, the Ring Cycle. Set in the Rhine, it’s a tale of love, loss and deception among the dwarves of the forest.