At Bayreuth, Brünnhilde gives one finger to the booing audience

At Bayreuth, Brünnhilde gives one finger to the booing audience

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norman lebrecht

August 31, 2022

At last night’s final curtain calls for the end of the current Ring cycle, the Swedish soprano Irene Theorin was seen giving a one-finger salute to the audience, which was booing the cack-handed production.

The gesture may mean something different in Swedish.

One hopes.

UPDATE: Barbara Roeder writes: First some Boos for her, then pointing to people in the audience with a finger, and then her one finger… whole house booed back. I was speechless.

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