Scribe Scott Cantrell is in Bayreuth, Bavaria, this week, attending the Bayreuther Festspiele. He's blogging about it here.
I envy him as far as making the trip to this beautiful part of the world and this shrine to Wagner's music. But I feel sorry for him having to sit through the abominable productions that have somehow become the mainstay of the festival, no matter how wonderful the sound is in the Festspielhaus. If I were there, I'd probably just close my eyes and listen to the music. But alas, it's only human nature to open your eyes and watch when a train wreck unfolds right in front of you.
Just my opinion, of course.
Scott is generally more open to regietheater productions than I, but even he is finding some of this -- such as the rat-filled Lohengrin -- a little hard to take.
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