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Bayreuth

on BBC Radio 4 FM

■ The Gods have inspired your plan for performing the Nibelungs in Bayreuth.'
(l'udwio OF bavabia)
Why did Richard Wagner have an opera house built on a green hill outside this small German town? What is so special about its Festspielhaus and annual festival? Last year Michael Oliver went there to find out and spoke to many of the performers and audience
- including colin bavis,
GWYNETH JONES, DONALD AICINTYRE , WILLIAM MANN , ROLF MICHAELIS. TONY PALMER and DF.NNIS RUSSELL davits. With Dr Theresia Reimers he explored the Wagner museum, full of exhibits detailing the composer's life.
Producer CHRIS swaxn

Contributors

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Richard Wagner
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Michael Oliver
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Donald Aicintyre
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William Mann
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Rolf Michaelis.
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Tony Palmer
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Dr Theresia Reimers

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