There’s a pair of last-minute changes in Bayreuth’s Meistersinger tonight.
Conductor Daniele Gatti is replaced by Axel Kober.
Hans Sachs will be sung by Michael Volle, jumping in for the still-unwell Georg Zeppenfeld.
What goes round, comes round.
pic: Bayreuth’s new Meistersinger set
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