Bayreuth opens with 20-minute stage glitch

Bayreuth opens with 20-minute stage glitch

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norman lebrecht

July 26, 2014

Sebastian Baumgarten’s widely-loathed production of “Tannhäuser” came to a halt twenty minutes into the first act, due to a stage malfunction. The audience were asked to leave the auditorium while the fault was repaired. the opera resumed within half an hour.

In the 138-year history of the Bayreuth Festival, this is the first time this has happened,’ said Bayreuth archvist Sven Friedrich.

 

103. Bayreuther Festspiele - Tannhäuser

 

 

 

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