Rejection of a Commemoration: Michel Friedman Criticises Bayreuth Festival
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A special event for the jubilee of the Bayreuth Festival with Michel Friedman had been cancelled at short notice. After broad criticism, Festival Director Katharina Wagner asked the publicist to come.
Because of alleged security concerns, an event to review the history of the festival will be cancelled. Jewish author Michel Friedman speaks of a fatal signal for democracy.
For the 150th anniversary, the Bayreuth Festival also wants to remember dark chapters of its own history. However, an event with Michel Friedman is cancelled. He does not accept the justification of the festival management.
In Bayreuth, of all places, Michel Friedman wanted to talk about the anti-Semite Richard Wagner and his burdened legacy. But now the event is canceled. For reasons advanced for him.
Michel Friedman was supposed to speak at a commemoration event of 150 years of Bayreuth Festival. He finds clear words for the fact that things are probably different. The publicist Michel Friedman sharply criticizes the rejection of a memorial event at the Bayreuth jubilee festival. "This is the death of suicide in a democracy," he said to the "Süddeutsche Zeitung". "The seriousness of dealing with the anti-Semite Wagner is absurd due to this r…
The journalist Michel Friedman sharply criticizes the rejection of a memorial event at the Bayreuth Jubilee Festival.
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