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German chancellor Angela merkel in a pink dress with a handbag by designer Bettina Schoenbach during the opening of Bayreuth Festival Stock Photo - Alamy
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The Wagnerian: Productions are not the only things to be revived at Bayreuth: Angela Merkel Joins in.
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