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'Christian Thielemann Music Director of Bayreuth - Announced Via Parking Spot

Talk about a less than stellar way to annouce big news. It's been revealed via a publically viewed parking spot that Christian Thielemann has been appointed music director of the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany.

By Ian Holubiak

'RESULTS: The International Opera Awards 2014 Are Announced, Posthumous Prize for Gerard Mortier

The venerable Opera magazine has announced the winners of its still-rather-new annual awards, the "Operas" (think Oscars but with more singing and a smaller budget). Since Opera has been the bible for international opera reviews for many decades, it's a nice idea and one that makes sense. It would be nice to be able to post Opera reviews for all of the winners, or sound clips from recent productions from them all, and maybe that's something the organizers can look at next year.

By Christian Rockafeller
'DEADLINE: Wagner Society of Santa Fe Wants Your 'Ring' Sequel

Wagnerites, take heed. In celebration of both National Opera Week as well as the composer's ongoing 200th, the Wagner Society of Santa Fe is seeking sequels to Der Ring des Nibelungen--specifically, what happens to Alberich. Yes, all would-be librettists are invited to imagine the treacherous dwarf's fate after the Ring's fiery en

By Louise Burton

'Christian Thielemann Music Director of Bayreuth - Announced Via Parking Spot

'RESULTS: The International Opera Awards 2014 Are Announced, Posthumous Prize for Gerard Mortier

'DEADLINE: Wagner Society of Santa Fe Wants Your 'Ring' Sequel

'Mnozil Brass Unleashing Boundary-Pushing Fun, in the U.S., on 20th Anniversary Tour

'French Director Patrice ChÃ©reau, Revered for Wagner's 'Ring,' Dead at 68

'Classicalite's Five Best: Richard Wagner Recordings

'Yoav Talmi is the Old/New Music Director of the Israel Chamber Orchestra

'The Column: Teresa Berganza’s Tongue-Lashing for Opera Directors, and Why She’s Less than Half-Right

'Wagner @ Bayreuth: What to Make of Frank Castorf's 'Ring'...Overall?

'Wagner @ Bayreuth: Frank Castorf's 'Götterdämmerung' Booed Out of Bayreuth

'Door Still Open for Concussed Andris Nelsons to Conduct 'Lohengin' at Bayreuth

'Wagner @ Bayreuth: Frank Castorf's 'Siegfried' as Bad as Expected

'Wagner @ Bayreuth: Frank Castorf's 'Rheingold' and 'Walküre' Better Than Expected

'Richard Wagner's New 'Ring Cycle' at Bayreuth [PHOTOS]

'UPDATE: Boston Symphony Orchestra's Mark Volpe, Andris Nelsons Issue Statements Regarding Verdi at Tanglewood, Concussion at Bayreuth