Wagner’s ‘Lohengrin’ Uses the Word ‘Führer.’ Keep It There.
In some cases, the inflammatory, Nazi-associated term has been changed out of sensitivity. What do we lose when that happens?
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Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’
All four parts of Wagner’s epic were presented within a week, in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov inspired by the work’s experimental roots.