German Chancellor Angela Merkel, yesterday fell to the ground in an intermission of the opera “Tristan and Isolde”, which opened the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth (Bavaria), breaking the chair I would sit and for fading, according to the newspaper “Bild”.
The popular newspaper, which last night spread like other local media alleged dizziness Chancellor, said today on its website the misunderstanding and said that everything was due to bad luck.
According recounts, during pause Chancellor stood by his companions in the restaurant of the opera when the chair I would sit broke and she slid under the table.
Over a subsequent moment of confusion, Merkel received a new chair and continued smoothly rest before returning to the stage with her husband, Joachim Sauer, to attend the second act of the opera, like the rest Wagner fans that another summer in Bayreuth appointment occurred yesterday.
The “Bild” had initially reported that the head of government had lost consciousness for two minutes in the first break of Wagnerian opera, recalling that it was not the first time that happened to him.
In December 2014 showed Merkel was broken during an interview with public television, which resumed after a short break.
The Bayreuth Festival, which runs until August 28, was inaugurated yesterday evening with the premiere of “Tristan and Isolde” directed by Katharina Wagner, the great-granddaughter of the composer.
Merkel, a fan of Wagner, went as usual to the event with her husband, wearing a turquoise suit and visible humorous greeting hundreds of onlookers who waited at the entrance and who received with applause.
At a reception at the end of the gala, Merkel expressed his appreciation for the production directed by Katharina Wagner.
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