Katharina Wagner giver en undskyldning til Michel Friedman

Direktøren for Bayreuth-festspillene har undskyldt over for publicisten Michel Friedman i forbindelse med aflysningen af en planlagt tale. Friedman skulle have talt om antisemitisme hos Richard Wagner. Arrangementet, der skulle markere 150-års jubilæet, blev aflyst grundet sikkerhedshensyn.

Katharina Wagner undskyldte over for Michel Friedman i et brev og en telefonsamtale torsdag. Hun skrev, at en ren fejring ville have været utålelig for hende, og inviterede ham til at komme til Bayreuth på den oprindelige dato. Det indvilligede Friedman i.

Talen var blevet aflyst grundet angivelige sikkerhedshensyn. Internt var aflysningen kendt allerede i foråret, og billetsalget blev aldrig påbegyndt. Spillestedet fik midt i marts besked om, at reservationen kunne ophæves.

Friedman havde betegnet aflysningen som demokratiets selvmord. Bayerns kunstminister Markus Blume krævede en løsning. Festspillene har en fortid med bånd til nationalsocialismen.

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