The ambition of Bregenz is even more astonishing when you realise that when the festival first launched in 1946 the town didn’t even have its own theatre. The progress from this inaugural performance, ...

The grandest, most ornate and iconic opera houses around the world are built on centuries of musical history, though they're dedicated to much more than celebrating the past. Here's how they're ...

Spectacular spectaculars have their pride of place in the opera world, but with its staging of Verdi's "Il Trovatore," the Bregenz Festival raises the stakes by providing vocal as well as actual ...

Every summer, Bregenz Festival lures huge crowds – and top-notch British talent – to its floating stage on Lake Constance. It’s a thrilling marriage of seriousness and pizzazz, just as long as it ...

BREGENZ, Austria — BREGENZ, Austria: Mention the Bregenz Festival to a music lover and you will trigger thoughts of mammoth productions of familiar operas performed on the festival's floating stage ...

BREGENZ, Austria — It’s Dodgers caps, L.A.-themed T-shirts and Lakers shorts on the shores of Lake Constance. What makes Los Angeles especially cool to Bregenz teens as they cruise the third-largest ...

My husband and I had pedaled through Bregenz, Austria, several times while cycling the Lake Constance bike routes that follow the shores of Europe’s third-largest lake through Austria, Germany ...

Eighteen performances of Carl Maria von Weber's "Der Freischütz" have already taken place on the lake stage this year - and that's actually true, as no performance has had to be canceled due to rain.

A scene from Verdi's opera Rigoletto during a photo rehearsal on the lake stage as part of the Bregenz Festival. The premiere will take place on July 17. Felix Kästle/picture alliance via Getty Images ...