With this expansive new production of Tannhauser, Melbourne Opera takes not just a great leap forward but a hop-skip-and-jump across the road: from its normal cosy home at the Athenaeum to the ...

A MODERN version of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser opera has been cancelled in Germany after the opening-night audience complained about new scenes showing Jews being murdered and dying in gas chambers.

There was more than the usual amount of opening night buzz Tuesday at the War Memorial Opera House, as the San Francisco Opera unveiled its new production of “Tannhauser.” Wagner’s opera hadn’t been ...