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Since when is experimentation considered innovative?

>>17358406
If Wagner were transported to modern Germany he would become a neo-nazi in about 20 minutes

>>17358406
Wagner would immediately recognize the jews as being responsible

>>17358406
Why are Wagnerians so based?

>>17358406
He wouldn't mind innovation in the style of, say, Ponnelle. Or even less traditional, yet still serious, aesthetically-oriented kinds of directing, such as minimalism.

But he would definitely despise that politico-ideological bullshit that contemporary regietheater "directors" keep farting in front of the audiences nowadays. There is no artistry in it, only in-your-face provocation, and in-your-face provocation is not artistry.

>>17358406
Christianity

Not all innovation is good

>>17358442
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I don't think your reddit wagnerians really enjoyed this meme anon.

>>17358463
Even though Richard belonged to the Romantic period, which is almost entirely against minimalism as an idea or aesthetic (after all, it was the first time the stage could properly mount up to a very detailed portrayal in theatre), I think he would have appreciated the brilliance in something like Wieland Wagner's New Bayreuth style minimalism, pic related.

But these controversial modern productions are not even so much about just being controversial and new, they say that about anything, it is quite often a very purposeful rejection of what it's trying to produce. Such as the Die Meistersinger in 2017 Bayreuth, which puts Wagner on trial at Nuremberg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BunpM0qX0xw

>>17358430
This. Simple as

>>17358406
the article says he wouldn't so why would he

>>17358406
Can this retarded journalist not even pose for his picture properly?

>>17358406
>drag "artist"
>just a dude in a wig

Mother fucker, I've drunkenly thrown together literal last minute Halloween costumes better than that half-assed shit.