Hitler rails against the AI 'Ring' Cycle at Bayreuth
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After the controverisal 2026 Bayreuth Festival included a 100% AI-generated staging of Wagner's 'Ring' Cycle, with computer-generated images projected over the cast, Hitler shares his thoughts.
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David11 hours ago
Brilliant. And I saw it - the worst opera production I’ve ever seen in fifty years of devoted opera attendance.
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| 00:00 - 00:03 | We presented an innovative new 'Ring' Cycle, |
| 00:04 - 00:05 | complete with AI-generated pictures. |
| 00:05 - 00:07 | It projected random pictures of cats, and the moon landings, |
| 00:08 - 00:12 | even though they had nothing to do with the operas. |
| 00:12 - 00:15 | And the audience booed the production team. |
| 00:17 - 00:19 | I'm sure the cast |
| 00:19 - 00:21 | rose above it magnificently. |
| 00:24 - 00:26 | My Führer... |
| 00:27 - 00:28 | The cast... |
| 00:31 - 00:33 | The cast had the AI slides projected on top of them. |
| 00:34 - 00:36 | You couldn't see them, for all the psychedelic shit laid over them. |
| 00:53 - 00:58 | The following stay in the room: Lobbes, Corte, Sentl, & Katharina Wagner. |
| 01:13 - 01:15 | What the fuck is this?!? |
| 01:15 - 01:17 | Richard Wagner would be spinning in his grave! |
| 01:18 - 01:23 | This was some Mickey Mouse shit to be charging hundreds of Euros for! |
| 01:25 - 01:28 | And from The Master's own Great-Grand-Daughter! |
| 01:29 - 01:31 | Bayreuth hasn't been this crappy... |
| 01:31 - 01:34 | ...since the audience was filled with the thugs from the SS! |
| 01:34 - 01:37 | And they couldn't even be bothered... |
| 01:37 - 01:40 | ...to build any sets or props for this budget slideshow on acid! |
| 01:40 - 01:42 | My Führer, your own productions from the 30s and 40s... |
| 01:42 - 01:46 | At least we had proper lighting! And innovative uses of black! |
| 01:46 - 01:48 | My Führer, we tried to innovate... |
| 01:48 - 01:52 | You innovated nothing! You lazily outsourced your thinking... |
| 01:53 - 01:54 | ...to a glorified spellchecker! |
| 01:56 - 01:57 | I've shat out more well-considered turds.... |
| 01:57 - 02:00 | ...than this monstrosity of a production! |
| 02:00 - 02:03 | The only way of getting through all 15 hours was with a blindfold! |
| 02:04 - 02:08 | This was demeaning to the orchestra and the singers! |
| 02:08 - 02:13 | Imagine having to perform through this shite! |
| 02:14 - 02:16 | I haven't seen this much gratuitous red in a production... |
| 02:17 - 02:21 | ...since the Ring Cycle was put on at the Bolshoi, for Stalin! |
| 02:27 - 02:29 | I felt nauseous. |
| 02:30 - 02:34 | I'd rather spend 4 hours watching Katharina Wagner shooting up Mounjaro on stage. |
| 02:34 - 02:36 | It was reprehensible. |
| 02:41 - 02:42 | Frankly, I'd want my money back. |
| 02:43 - 02:47 | You think the booing from the audience was bad? |
| 02:48 - 02:53 | If we try and revive this production, the audience will have us all crucified. |
| 02:54 - 02:56 | I no longer dare show my face in the streets... |
| 02:56 - 02:59 | ...now I'm publicly associated with this. |
| 03:00 - 03:02 | Never has Hitler's name been so sullied! |
| 03:04 - 03:07 | It wasn't as bad as Katharina Wagner's 2018 production of 'Tristan'. |
| 03:14 - 03:16 | At least the 'Rienzi' had pseudo-Nazi banners. |
| 03:19 - 03:23 | Gotta keep your audience happy. |
| 03:25 - 03:26 | But it’s over. |
| 03:31 - 03:33 | Bayreuth may be toast. |
| 03:40 - 03:46 | Ah fuck it, there's only one thing left to do, we're in a real bind here. |
| 03:46 - 03:49 | Get Gianni Infantino in, to produce the next one. |
| 03:53 - 03:56 | He can't do any worse. |