12 Aug 2010
Braving All the Boos To Advance A Wagnerian Vision
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/arts/music/15wagner.html?_r=1&ref=music
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/arts/music/15wagner.html?_r=1&ref=music
By Anthony Tommasini [NY Times, 12 August 2010]
It is traditional for the director of a new opera production to appear during curtain calls on the night of the premiere. But no protocol compelled the director Katharina Wagner to take a solo bow at the Aug. 5 performance of Wagner’s “Meistersinger” here at the Bayreuth Festival.