The New Bayreuth? Looks Like The Old Bayreuth

“Swastika banners unfurl over the stage, Nazi SS officers goose step in formation. It has been awhile since Bayreuth looked like this. Scattered boos from the audience augment the score of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal. A new era is dawning at Bayreuth’s annual Wagner festival. And parts of it look unnervingly like the old one.”