Bayreuth 2017 Opening Night

Wagner Operas Podcasts by Vincent Vargas

Jul 28, 201710:58Music

The Bayreuth Festival opened this week with a new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Wagner's only comedy. Barrie Kosky , the director of this production has focused on the antisemitism aspect of Wagner's wor...

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