Wagner's "Rienzi" returns to Bayreuth after 150 years as warning against fascism

Richard Wagner's opera "Rienzi" — Adolf Hitler's favourite work — has been staged at the Bayreuth Festival for the first time in over 150 years. The production has been interpreted as a timely warning for Germany and the world against populism and authoritarianism. The return of the opera to Bayreuth is considered a historically significant event.