21 Oct 2008

Wagner's Great-Granddaughter Gives Rienzi Wigs, Glitter, Hoover

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=at9uNH7EwdKw&refer=muse

By Catherine Hickley [Bloomberg, 13 October 2008]

Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Wagner's early opera ``Rienzi'' is an historical oddity, rarely staged, and for good reason. Putting the eponymous character in glittering lame and an Ozzy Osbourne-style wig and strapping an industrial vacuum cleaner to his back is no way to make it more accessible.