A new production of Richard Wagner’s opera “Tannhauser” in Germany was reportedly booed by members of the audience who were apparently upset over the use of Nazi imagery in the staging. The opera ...

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A modern version of Richard Wagner's Tannhauser has been cancelled in Germany after the opening-night audience complained about scenes showing Jews being executed and dying in gas chambers. A ...

A production of Tannhauser that incorporates Nazi officers, swastikas and what appears to be a gas chamber into the mythical Richard Wagner opera has sparked outrage in Germany. The controversial ...

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THE final arrivals from the Deutsche Oper Berlin were just a nail-biting few hours before this performance of Wagner’s four-hour epic began, a train journey from London replacing a cancelled flight.