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הערכה

A new Bayreuth Festival production of Rienzi uses a child actor as a miniature Wagner to stage the composer's early career, but the headline points to a deeper historical irony: Wagner's early inspiration came from a Jewish artist. This juxtaposition challenges the festival's fraught legacy with Wagner's antisemitism. The production's staging choices will likely spark debate about how to present Wagner's work in modern Germany.