The famed La Scala opera house inaugurated its 2012-13 season Friday with the Teutonic classic "Lohengrin" as it ... Verdi and German icon Richard Wagner. Daniel Barenboim, La Scala's music ...

MILAN (AP) - Daniel Barenboim will conduct Wagner’s “Lohengrin” for La Scala’s gala season opening next December, as the famed Milanese opera house launches a yearlong musical celebration ...

And operas such as Parsifal, the Mastersingers of Nuremberg, The Flying Dutchman and Lohengrin ... that Wagner was around in 1940,” comments the Israeli Jewish conductor Daniel Barenboim ...

A German tenor, he was admired for his clear, powerful voice and his exceptional stamina during hourslong performances.

And in 2001, he caused controversy by performing the works of Richard Wagner, whose music had been appropriated by the Nazis after his death. Ms Arad said: "I wanted to interview Barenboim very much ...

Oh, at the opera’s end, Wagner offers the lame excuse for Lohengrin’s insistence on anonymity by having him reveal that he is a knight of the Holy Grail. As such, says Lohengrin, he must always remain ...

Musically, the production is a splendid success; unfortunately, the staging arrived as part-Disney cartoon, part-outer space adventure. Photo: Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera The story goes that ...