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Overly busy Castorf Rheingold distracts from the music at Bayreuth

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“The effort of trying to stay on top of everything wasn't just distracting: it was frankly exhausting”
Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 27 July 2015
Wagner, Das Rheingold
Kirill Petrenko, Conductor
Frank Castorf, Director
Adriana Braga Peretzki, Costume Designer
Aleksandar Denić, Set Designer
Wolfgang Koch, Wotan
Daniel Schmutzhard, Donner
Lothar Odinius, Froh
John Daszak, Loge
Claudia Mahnke, Fricka
Allison Oakes, Freia
Nadine Weissmann, Erda
Albert Dohmen, Alberich
Andreas Conrad, Mime
Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Fasolt
Andreas Hörl, Fafner
Mirella Hagen, Woglinde
Julia Rutigliano, Wellgunde
Anna Lapkovskaja, Flosshilde
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