Conductor Collapses During Wagner Opera
An attack of Lumbago has been blamed for forcing Vienna Opera’s musical director Franz Welser-Moest (pictured) … Read more »
Verdi Or Wagner: Who’s Better?
As Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner both celebrate bicentenaries in 2013, Ivan Hewett asks opera experts … Read more »
Swastika Tattoo Forces Singer From Bayreuth
Evgeny Nikitin (pictured), who was singing the lead in this season’s only new production (“The Flying … Read more »
