At the 2023 Salzburg Festival, a director used all of his resources, including the Vienna Philharmonic, to put on one of the worst operas I've ever seen.
Alex Ross writes about the connection between Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led the Wagner Group, and the use of the composer Richard Wagner’s music in Hollywood and by the Nazis.
Cultural figures like the Wagner family paved the way for Adolf Hitler long before he came to power in 1933. They ensured Hitler's acceptance in Germany's upper-class society. Architects and artists spread his ideology.