As the Bayreuth Festival celebrates 150 years, Wagnerians from around the globe brave heat, hard seats and a complex history for a unique music tradition.
Elon Musk may be able to buy a trip to Mars, but when the super wealthy pay to be conductors - as Canadian tech entrepreneur Mandle Cheung is doing - it makes a mockery of a meritocracy in classical music ...
Full of panache and originality, Weber's grand opera is the work of a composer at the height of his powers - but its plot is a load of nonsense. The conductor of its Proms premiere celebrates its brilliance ...
Generations on, Lorenzo Da Ponte's family keeps alive the memory of this poet and libertine, who ended up in the middle of Pennsylvania after being booted from Venice and Vienna.
For the festival's 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to generate visuals reflecting Wagner's tetralogy's past, present - and future. The hyperactive result is a dismal, mindless mess ...