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Hot, Uncomfortable, Transcendent: Why We Can’t Quit Opera at Bayreuth

Jul 21, 2026, 08:28 PM· yesterday· Original: EN

The Bayreuth Festival, where Wagner’s operas have been performed for 150 years, is inconvenient and unpleasant. Why does it have such a hold on us?

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