German Chancellor Angela Merkel enjoys the music during the official reception after the opening of the 108th Bayreuth Festival at the Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Germany on the evening of the 25th July 2019.
The festival opens with the opera ‘Tannhaeuser’ on 25 July and runs through 28 August.
Photo: EPA-EFE/PHILIPP GUELLAND
