Richard Wagner was Adolf Hitler's favourite composer, long before coming to power in 1933. The dictator saw Wagner as a ...

Should emphasis be placed on the opera's comical elements, or is it to be seen as more of a serious play about German ... composer, long before coming to power in 1933. The dictator saw Wagner as a ...

Hungarian pianist Daniel Lebhardt, described by The New York Times as playing with “power, poetry and formidable technique”, performed at Pembroke Auditorium, part of Pembroke College, Cambridge, on ...

Sir Roger Norrington, who has died aged 91, was a leading figure in the period-instrument movement and a vigorous and often ...

The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany's Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney's fairytale castles, has been named a World Heritage site, the UN cultural agency announced.