The Shot Heard Round The (Opera) World

We speak, of course, of Peter Gelb’s innovative stratagems for promoting opera to a wider, more diverse public. The sound of that shot has now reached and penetrated even the hallowed halls of the insular, tradition-bound Bayreuther Festspiele.

The Bayreuth Festival intends to break new ground this year with the live broadcast of an opera to a public viewing area, organizers said Wednesday. The move would fulfill the dream of festival founder Richard Wagner, who wanted to open up the world-famous event to as many opera lovers as possible, festival spokesman Peter Emmerich said.

Emmerich left open which performance would be chosen for the live broadcast from the festival hall to a public area in the centre of the Bavarian town.

RTWT here.