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Bayreuth Festival: What interests us about Richard Wagner today?

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Axel Körner talks at Deutschlandfunk in Jürgen König's Langer Nacht about the Bayreuth Festival. What makes Richard Wagner interesting today?

Golden Wagner figures in front of the Festspielhaus: with its productions, the Bayreuth Festival became part of German history - for better or for worse. © picture alliance / SvenSimon / Frank Hoermann
Golden Wagner figures in front of the Festspielhaus: with its productions, the Bayreuth Festival became part of German history - for better or for worse. © picture alliance / SvenSimon / Frank Hoermann

The same ten operas in Bayreuth every year - and every year the Festival Theatre can hardly keep up with demand. Why do so many people still want to hear Richard Wagner's operas today and why on the Green Hill in Upper Franconia?