The massacre of Munich overshadowed Germany’s most famous opera festival: The Bayreuth Festival starting this Monday (16.00) out of respect for the victims of the Munich bloodbath of Friday without state reception and red carpet. So something has probably never happened before in the recent history of the Richard Wagner Festival, spokesman Peter Emmerich. Said
The festival had advocated that the city Bayreuth cancels out the red carpet. “Everything else would we perceive as tasteless and completely inappropriate,” said Emmerich. Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU) also said from the traditional state reception after the performance. This command of respect for the victims and their relatives. He will also not attend the opening night on Monday. The decision was made after the massacre in Munich, before the suicide attack in Ansbach, in which the perpetrators themselves tore to death – all injured victims are out of danger
Bayreuth premiere is dedicated to the victims of Munich.
the performance of the new production of Richard Wagner’s last opera “Parsifal” itself will take place in spite of everything. The plant contains a “message of peace and reconciliation,” said Emmerich. The premiere this Monday will be devoted explicitly to the victims of the Munich rampage and their families, said the festival management with on its website. “The participants of the Bayreuth Festival mourn all people in Munich so tragically who died on 22 July. The members and survivors heard our deepest sympathy,” it said.
Directed by Uwe Eric Laufenberg, after the festival had separated from the scandal artist Jonathan Meese, the director initially appointed, – allegedly because his approach was too expensive. On the podium is this Monday Hartmut Haenchen, who in turn took over the baton of Andris Nelsons. Nelson had jumped just before the premiere. Haenchen now had a few days time to prepare. The “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, he said there had been two orchestral, four stage samples, a sample for corrections and main and rehearsal given to him. As the time for detailed work was insufficient Haenchen has insisted that the musicians use his orchestral material with thousands Einzeichnungen for interpretation. Starring sing Klaus Florian Vogt (Parsifal), Ryan McKinny (Amfortas) and Elena Panratova (Kundry).
The security was and is this year a big issue on the Green Hill, before the series of attacks in recent days and weeks since the bombing in Nice. The Festspielhaus was fenced for safety reasons to prevent possible terrorist attacks. Even stricter safety precautions apply. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had longer canceled their participation at the opening for scheduling reasons been
cordoned Tightened security measures and background checks
Even before Weeks was the musical theater on the Green Hill with fences. , Anyone who wants to enter the premises, needs after the security concept of city and police an accreditation document – or a ticket. The special pass only received, who signed a consent form that its data are checked by the police. Even employees of the festival were checked; the police recommended that some of them do not use in safety-relevant areas. According to a report of “Northern Bavarian courier” According, were approximately 35 800 employees as a security risk, because they have a criminal record for violent offenses. A real danger does not see the police, however,
Islam Critical “Parsifal” -.? Staging
A link between the fear of attacks and a supposedly anti-Islamic “Parsifal” production was director Laufenberg denied , In “Parsifal” it is about Christianity, not Islam, he stressed in an interview the German Press Agency.
The festival lasts until 28 August. In addition to the “Parsifal” are this year, the four-part “Ring des Nibelungen” and the opera “The Flying Dutchman” and “Tristan und Isolde” on the program. (dpa / epd / Tsp)
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