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Bayreuth without a red carpet

The not so good: At the Bayreuth festival is rolled out to play this year, no red carpet, and also the state of reception. Thus, the Victims of the Munich killing spree respect.

This year, the celebrity-Run

“Anything we would consider it a tasteless and totally inappropriate”, had pleaded games spokesman Peter Emmerich to the city of Bayreuth, which informed this assessment. “Our sympathy and condolences in this difficult time to the families of the victims of yesterday’s killing spree,” said mayor Brigitte Merk-Erbe. Shortly before the Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer had already canceled the traditional reception following the premiere performance on Monday. He will not visit on the opening day of the Opera performance, he had to tell.

Merkel is a regular guest at the Bayreuth festival, but this year she can’t come to the opening

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, with her husband, Joachim Sauer, actually, to the regulars at the Green hill, had been cancelled weeks ago due to scheduling reasons. She wants to visit the festival later at a later date as a private person.

Spokesman Peter Emmerich can’t remember the celebrity walking on the red carpet or the state of reception has ever been cancelled before. The performance of the new production of Richard Wagner’s last Opera “Parsifal” is supposed to take place anyway. “The Parsifal is a work that contains a peace and reconciliation message,” he said.

Increased Security Measures

Long before the terrible events of Munich, the site was the home game out of fear of a terrorist attack with fences secured. Thus, in response to the currently abstract threat situation in Germany, which, according to experts, national security authorities, is a consequence of the current world political situation, and informed the city. For upper Franconia in the absence of any evidence exist at present, however, points to a concrete risk situation.

A connection between the fear of attacks and a supposedly Islam-critical “of Parsifal was directed by Uwe Eric Laufenberg has vehemently denied. In “Parsifal” it is Christianity, not Islam, he had asked the DW to clear.

Entering the festival, you can terrain the game only with a special pass, cars are allowed to the hill this year, not on the Green. Report of the Bavarian broadcasting company, 35 employees of the police were classified because of a criminal record as a security risk; they recommended their dismissal. A concrete danger is not see the police but.

The Bayreuth festival were in the headlines. Conductor Andris Nelsons threw only a few weeks before the Premiere in the towel. Substitutions, Hartmut Haenchen had only a few days time, in the matter of specialization. And Director Jonathan Meese, was fired – allegedly because his concept was too expensive. For him the mountain run took over.

suc/wl (dpa,epd)