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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

AI-assisted staging draws boos at the Richard Wagner festival in Germany

Germany Wagner Festival. AI - (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)

An experiment with artificial intelligence at the annual Richard Wagner festival in the central German town of Bayreuth drew boos from the audience after producing a staging that appeared to leave some spectators confused.

Curator Marcus Lobbes and his team were greeted with boos and whistles as they took to the stage at the end of Saturday evening's performance of “Götterdämmerung,” German news agency dpa reported. However, there was warm applause for the singers and musicians, and particularly for conductor Christian Thielemann.

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