Curtain Rises on 97th Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on August 1, 2008
Bayreuth has often been described as the nerve center of the German nation and its culture. The images most familiar to the public are the yearly summer ritual of the motorcade to the Festspielhaus and the celebrities who disembark and wave to the crowd. Having come to see the music dramas, they themselves are first the object of attention.
Gudrun, Wolfgang’s chief assistant, was known as the indispensable woman on the “Green Hill,” the one who knew the workings of the place better than anyone else. With Wolfgang in poor health, Katharina, also assistant to the director, has assumed that role.
2008 is the year for Katharina to prove that she has what it takes. Along with new initiatives in the dissemination of festival performances through the mass media, she oversaw an ambitious new production of “Parsifal” by stage director Stefan Herheim and conductor Daniele Gatti.
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