Athens beats Sparta by an ear
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Bayreuth and Salzburg, Germany, are locations where annual music festivals are held. Bayreuth focuses on seven main works by Richard Wagner, and offers spartan seats, though the acoustics are matchless. Salzburg offers mainstream romantic and classical music, but has changed since a new director, Gerard Mortier, was appointed. The matinee offers accessible music, but more difficult pices are played in the evening. Bayreuth has not planned new productions for 1997 or 1998, but demand is still strong.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1998
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A Wagnerian crisis of imagination
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The Bayreuth Wagnerian festival in Germany is less subsidized than previously by the German government, but this is not the cause of the festival's problems. There have also been criticisms of Wolfgang Wagner, who has not prepared anyone to succeed him, and who has spent too long as head of the Bayreuth festival. The festival is owned by the Richard Wagner Foundation. An outsider could become the director of Bayreuth if no suitable candidate can be found within the Wagner family.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1999
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Twilight of the passions: Anything goes in post-modern productions of Richard Wagner's operas - anything that is except true feeling
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Recent productions of Richard Wagner's, 'The Ring of the Niebelung' are often awkward in their transliteration of the Teutonic myth into a modern tale. Though the story has had enormous power and resonance amongst many generations, these modern adaptations lose the spirit of the stories and fall flat.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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