No boos at Bayreuth

No boos at Bayreuth

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norman lebrecht

July 26, 2022

For the first time in living folk memory, the opening night of the Bayreuth Festival passed without a single cry of dissent.

Cheers, tears and relief greeted Stephen Gould and Catherine Foster as Tristan and Isolde. The orchestra were outstanding under jump-in conductor  Markus Poschner.

Angela Merkel appeared in a mask.

Has Covid changed human behaviour in Germany for good?

 

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