Angela Merkel and Ulrich Matthes
The former Chancellor visits Festival again
Angela Merkel was already there at the opening of the festival in Bayreuth. At the weekend she came again with Ulrich Matthes.
Angela Merkel (71) is a welcome and more common guest in Bavarian Bayreuth. The former Chancellor regularly visited the Bayreuth Festival or Richard Wagner Festival in recent years. In 2025, the former Chancellor also came to the opening of her husband Joachim Sauer (76). The premiere of a new production of the “Meistersinger von Nuremberg” was celebrated.
Now Merkel has been spotted again in Bavaria, to Thorleifur örn Arnarssons (47) staging of “Tristan and Isolde” on August 3. This time the Wagner supporter shows pictures of the event accompanied by the German actor Ulrich Matthes (66). The game plan of the Bayreuth Festival also includes “Das Rheingold”, “The Valkyrie”, “Lohengrin”, “Siegfried” and “Parsifal” this year.
Opening with a lot of political prominence
In addition to Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer, the opening of the Richard Wagner Festival in July, as usual, was honored as usual in Germany. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (69), Bundestag President Julia Klöckner (52) and the former Greens chairwoman Ricarda Lang (31) had traveled. Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (58) even bowed to Merkel at the reception.
In addition to politicians and political core, Florian Silbereisen (44) in Bayreuth was also one of the guests. The moderator and “dream ship” captain came to the opening at the invitation of Söder. On Instagram, Silbereisen showed, among other things, how he. In addition – including a selfie with Angela Merkel, on which both smile in the camera.
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Source: Stern
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