Opinion

How Bayreuth lost its way

A visionary landmark in the history of opera was established 150 years ago, when Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle was staged for the first time at the specially built Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Bavaria.
During Germany's last 150 years, a king has been dethroned, a kaiser has abdicated, and a dictator has fallen, but on the Green Hill in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth, one thing has stood the test of ...
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 ...