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v2Bayreuth opens anniversary festival with controversial Wagner works
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- Richard Wagner’s Rienzi opened Bayreuth’s 150th anniversary festival for the first time, amid debate over Adolf Hitler’s documented fondness for the opera.
- Alexandra Szemerédy and Magdolna Parditka depict Rienzi’s rise through elections, subsequent military dictatorship and eventual death after losing power.
- Nathalie Stutzmann, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and the production team received standing ovations at the premiere.