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Richard Wagner

Members of Wagner group sit atop of a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. (Stringer/AFP)
June 24, 2023, 3:17 pm
‘Russia’s weakness is obvious’: World watches and reacts to Wagner mutiny
UK Defense Ministry analysis says incident ‘represents the most significant challenge to the Russian state in recent times’
By AFP
Portrait of former Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel at his home in Jerusalem, April 17, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 29, 2023, 8:14 pm
Former Supreme Court justice Yaakov Turkel dies aged 88
Turkel authored several important rulings upholding freedom of expression, and commissions he headed bolstered gay rights and exonerated the IDF over a deadly Gaza flotilla raid
By Jeremy Sharon
In this July 16, 2008 file picture the Richard Wagner bust by German sculptor Arno Breker stands in a park near the festival opera house in Bayreuth, southern Germany. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz,file)
April 26, 2022, 3:42 am
Haifa Symphony Orchestra said planning to break Israel taboo, play Wagner concert
Israel has a longstanding unofficial boycott of the antisemitic composer, who was a favorite of Hitler and whose music was played in Nazi concentration camps
By ToI Staff and Agencies
From rehearsals for 'Kundry,' an original opera created for the Regarding Goddesses arts festival launching in Tel Aviv on October 21, 2021 (Courtesy Alexey Kudrik)
October 18, 2021, 7:50 pm
Opera ‘Goddesses’ come to Tel Aviv, bringing art form to ‘unordinary places’
‘Regarding Goddesses’ event on stage and street tells two tales, of wild woman and earth mother, led by a recent immigrant to Israel from Moscow
By Jessica Steinberg
Copies of the biography that forms part of the exhibition are displayed for sale as part of the exhibition titled "The young Hitler, the formative years of a dictator" at the house of history in Sankt Poelten, Austria on February 27, 2020. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
February 29, 2020, 3:16 am
Hitler’s attempt at an opera goes on display for the first time in Austria
Artifacts from Nazi leader’s early life, which were kept by one of his friends, are shown to the public in exhibition tracing his youth, early ideology
By Celine JANKOWIAK
Roberto Alvim, then-director of theater, dance and opera at the Brazil's National Arts Foundation, poses for pictures in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
January 17, 2020, 10:02 pm
Brazil minister fired after speech parroting Nazi propagandist Goebbels
Culture secretary Roberto Alvim made comments while launching arts initiative focused on nationalism and religion; also gave interview with Wagner playing in background
By DIANE JEANTET and Mauricio SAVARESE
Richard Wagner's Goetterdaemmerung, performed by Leipzig Opera. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 2, 2018, 10:15 pm
Israeli radio apologizes after breaking Wagner taboo
Voice of Music says musical editor ‘erred’ in airing portions of Goetterdaemmerung by Hitler’s favorite composer
By AFP
Meron Eren, co-founder and owner of the Kedem auction house, holds a letter by German anti-Semitic composer Richard Wagner in Jerusalem on April 16, 2018. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
April 25, 2018, 5:13 am
Anti-Semitic Wagner letter sells for $42,000 in Jerusalem
Unnamed Jewish collector from Switzerland purchases the missive warning of Jewish influence in culture
By AFP
Meron Eren, co-founder and owner of the Kedem auction house, holds a letter by German anti-Semitic composer Richard Wagner in Jerusalem on April 16, 2018. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
April 22, 2018, 3:40 pm
Anti-Semitic Wagner letter up for sale in Jerusalem
Sale of 1869 missive to French philosopher Schure could rekindle Israeli debate on composer, whose works are effectively banned
By AFP
Israeli soprano Netta Or. (Sylke Gall Photography)
August 2, 2017, 7:15 pm
Divorcing music from anti-Semitism, Israeli soprano takes on taboo at Wagner fest
Netta Or sees her performance in ‘Parsifal’ as an opportunity to show the world that the Bayreuth Festival is not ‘judenrein’
By Marc Neugroschel
German chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and her husband Joachim Sauer arrive at the Festival Theatre on July 25, 2017, in Bayreuth, southern Germany, ahead of the opening of Bayreuth's legendary annual opera festival dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner. (AFP PHOTO / Christof STACHE)
July 26, 2017, 5:05 pm
German opera festival confronts Wagner anti-Semitism head-on
Edgy new production by Australian Jewish director met with rapturous applause and rave reviews at renowned Bayreuth festival
By Pauline CURTET and Deborah Cole
German soprano Diana Damrau poses for pictures during an interview with AFP at the Warner Music headquarters in New York City on May 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Angela Weiss)
May 7, 2017, 9:27 am
German soprano brings new life to work of Jewish composer
The work of Giacomo Meyerbeer, who was attacked by Richard Wagner and sidelined by Nazis, is getting a fresh look
By Shaun Tandon
The New York City production of 'The Drumf and the Rhinegold,' October 31, 2016 (Courtesy: Floating Tower)
November 6, 2016, 10:02 pm
On elections eve, Israeli composer to stage ‘Drumf’ opera in NY
Matti Kovler’s bawdy piece lampoons Republican candidate’s ‘mermaid’ wives; other Trump-inspired artists to perform three separate productions of 75-year-old play about Hitler
By Matt Lebovic
Actress Sarah Silverman speaks onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 28, 2016. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
February 29, 2016, 9:15 pm
5 unexpected Jewish moments from the Oscars
Sarah Silverman, Sasha Baron Cohen, Jack Black, and some spoken Hebrew all had their moments in the spotlight
By JTA
Composer Richard Wagner (YouTube screen capture)
July 27, 2015, 4:16 am
Renovated Wagner museum addresses anti-Semitic essays
Museum director explains any examination of composer’s life must touch on the issue, as well as his familial ties to Nazism
By JTA
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