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A Tarantino-style Ring cycle from director Valentin Schwarz offers many inspired scenes, but little coherence or depth. Opera festival review by Gavin Dixon
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Valentin Schwarz’s new staging of Wagner’s epic has some thought-provoking moments, but few were sustainable and most were just distracting
Valentin Schwarz must be praised for stripping back the cycle to its essence, but it’s a work in progress
The Bayreuth Festival has long been regarded as an elitist classical music festival for the affluent set. That's about to change this year with free outdoor concerts.