Will Wonders Never Cease: 2006 Bayreuth Das Rheingold

Here are some photos, small and fuzzy though they may be, of the 2006 Bayreuther Festspiele Tankred Dorst production of Das Rheingold, and — mirabile dictu! — it all looks just splendid! Not a hint of Eurotrash anywhere to be discerned. Bless you!, Herr Dorst. (Well, maybe just a wee Eurotrashy hint: What's Loge up to wearing a 21st-century leather overcoat?) And our thanks to reader Earl for giving us the key to securing these quasi-thumbnail photos from the Bayreuther Festspiele website, and our apologies to the Bayreuther Festspiele for snitching them.