Director Bernd Eichinger’s new production of Parsifal was booed at Berlin’s Staatsoper this weekend. “Eichinger’s version, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, is set in a landscape of buildings collapsing from fires and explosions and relies heavily on video. Mr Eichinger is an acclaimed German film-maker. He wrote and produced Downfall, about Hitler’s final days, which was nominated for an Oscar this year.”