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Frank Castorf's staggeringly intelligent, symbol-laden Bayreuth Das Rheingold is revived on DG Stage – Seen and Heard International
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Planet Hugill: From Bayreuth to Grimeborn: having assisted at Bayreuth Festival's new Ring Cycle, Peter Selwyn moves on to conduct the concluding parts of the Grimeborn Festival's ambitious Ring Cycle
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