07 Apr 2006

Daniel Barenboim Talks About Wagner and the Nazis, Fame

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000088&sid=aygLUTHEFjGQ&refer=culture

berlin_staatsopper_small.jpgBy Shirley Apthorp and Thomas Bauer [Bloomberg.com, 7 April 2006]

April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Ticket prices surge to 260 euros ($320) a seat and an international crowd swishes to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden for the Festtage, an Easter festival where the music of Richard Wagner tops the bill and the art of Daniel Barenboim draws the crowds.