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Russian Baritone Evgeny Nikitin – jumped or pushed – does the right thing and vacates Bayreuther Festspiele’ – by OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog contributor Mr W van Coeveren

Monday, July 23rd, 2012
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Evgeny Nikitin – jumped or pushed – does the right thing and vacates Bayreuther Festspiele’.

Where else but in Bayreuth, – with its very sinister dark past and Nazi symbolism, would a ‘sin of youth’ – as his Nazi tattoo has been described – stop a singer from participating in a major cultural event like the Bayreuther Festspiele’ . http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,16118550,00.html

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Happy Birthday Richard Wagner ! May 22nd – Next year will be the 200th anniversary of his birth – an up-dated OTA-Berlin Mini Biography by W van Coeveren

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
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* May 22nd 1813, Leipzig – † February 13th 1883, Venice
Richard Wagner was a German composer, perhaps he was   ’THE’  German’ composer  – at least that is what he would have thought – or put otherwise - ”Who was Richard Wagner’s favorite composer?” – Answer – Richard Wagner!

He would turn 199 years old today if that were possible- but it isn’t and instead we have [...] Continue Reading…