BAYREUTH, GERMANY — Midway through the second act of the Bayreuth Festival’s new production of Rienzi, a miniature Richard Wagner takes command of the Festspielhaus. A child painted gold and wearing ...

British stand-up comedian and radio host Russell Brand hailed Kanye West as “uncancelable” as he praised the rapper’s “Heil Hitler” music video. The 49-year-old artist posted on X (formerly Twitter): ...

Kanye West's adoration for one of the most infamous leaders in all of human history is way out of hand now. If Kanye West hasn't dropped your jaw yet with some of things he's said or done on social ...

“You have to celebrate voices like Ye’s, true artists that are willing to go into very, very difficult situations in order to tell the truth,” the actor and podcaster said. Russell Brand, the actor ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. (JTA) — Ye, the rapper ...

Like the sybaritic Ludwig who ruled Bavaria 50 years ago, Adolf Hitler has a fanatic admiration for the operas of Richard Wagner. King Ludwig liked to think of himself as Lohengrin or Parsifal, fixed ...

Adolf Hitler loved music—especially Wagner. In Mein Kampf, he had written: “My youthful enthusiasm for the Bayreuth master knew no bounds.” The Third Reich, Hitler said, had its foundations in the ...