These performances of at the Teatro Real have
received an unusual response from the media due to the fact that the
production included numerous naked extras during the bacchanal
scene. Apparently, this is the only aspect of the opera that held
any interest for the media, which was at pains to make it seem as if
we were going to witness a great scandal on the stage of the Teatro
Real. Poor Wagner! He occupied the front pages not as a composer,
but as a vehicle for strippers.

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