W hen it comes to Richard Wagner, one thing has long been clear: he wanted to be in control. The man who invented the idea of ...

Richard Wagner’s mother, Johanna, was the daughter of a baker in Weissenfels (though some papers show that she may have been the illegitimate daughter of Prince Friedrich Ferdinand Constantin of ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to attend the opening of the Richard Wagner Festival in the Bavarian city of Bayreuth ...

DEATH OF RICHARD WAGNER. Share full article. Feb. 14, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 14, 1883, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

When it comes to Richard Wagner, one thing has long been clear: he wanted to be in control. The man who invented the idea of ...