Berlin – A modern production of Richard Wagner’s opera “Tannhauser” has caused a stir in Germany because of Nazi-themed scenes showing people dying in gas chambers and a family having their heads shaved and executed.
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A spokeswoman for the Dusseldorf opera house said Tuesday that members of the audience “booed and were shocked” by Saturday’s opening performance.
Monika Doll said the company of Deutsche Oper am Rhein is debating whether to tone down the provocative parts, added to the original by director Burkhard Kosminski.
The head of the city’s Jewish community, Michael Szentei-Heise, criticized the show as “tasteless.”
Adolf Hitler was a fan of Wagner, who died in 1883. Wagner was an ardent anti-Semite and his music is still widely considered taboo in Israel.
Right on Germany. Let it all out huh? The world will be overjoyed to see more Nazi garbage and a mocking rendition of the holocaust for a tasteless Wagner Salute.
Notice: To all anti-semites around the globe whatever hole you may be hiding in, just a not of a caution, we Jews, People of the Book, descendants of Abraham, Issac and Jacob have been around far longer than any one of you and yours and have survived, by the will of the ONE ABOVE insurmountable obstacles and then some and will outlive far beyond you and yours.
Just a bit of advice, don’t waste your time!