Marvel upon marvel now appears

A history of the Bayreuther Festspiele. Part 8

Author : Jos Hermans

The reopening of the Bayreuth Festival on July 30, 1951 with a performance of Parsifal, must rank as the most important operatic event in Germany since the Berlin premiere of Alban Berg's Wozzeck in 1925. From the very first bars, a shock wave ran through the auditorium that made it clear that with this production, a sacred Wagnerian…