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Wagner @ Bayreuth: What to Make of Frank Castorf's 'Ring'...Overall?
Richard Wagner made hand grenades for the 1849 Dresden uprising, so maybe he would have cheered the tumultuous end of his 200th birthday 'Ring Cycle' in Bayreuth, a production that has raised questions over his heirs running the festival. Forbes Lists Valery Gergiev, at $16.5 Million a Year, as Russia's Highest-Paid Musician
In [post]-Soviet Russia, Valery Gergiev makes more than YOU! In [post]-Soviet Russia, Valery Gergiev makes more than YOU! According to the Russian bureau of Forbes, with an estimated 2011-12 salary of $16,500,000, the richest Russian musician is, in fact, Valery Gergiev.
