Culture minister to Bayreuth: Play something that’s not Wagner
OperaGermany’s federal minister for culture Claudia Roth has fired a shot across the Green Hill of Bayreuth, urging the Wagner regime to put on operas that are not by Wagner.
She suggests Hansel and Gretel for starters – an opera conceived by Wagner acolyte Engelbert Humperdinck.
But who knows where that might lead?
Roth said: ‘Bayreuth should become more diverse, more colourful and more youthful overall.’
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