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Focus: Bayreuth Festival 2010

July 28, 2010

Celebrities and opera fans are storming the Green Hill this month during the annual Bayreuth Festival, featuring operas by Richard Wagner. Read more on the legendary, and often scandalous, event.

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Bayreuth's Festspielhaus
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The legendary Bayreuth Festival runs from July 25 to August 28 - the first festival since the death of its long-time director Wolfgang Wagner. A premiere of "Lohengrin" and performances of other major operas by Richard Wagner are on the program. Click on the links below for more on the festival.

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