AI-assisted staging draws boos at the Richard Wagner festival in Germany

BERLIN (AP) — An experiment with artificial intelligence at the annual Richard Wagner festival in the central German town of Bayreuth drew boos from the audience after producing a staging that appeared to leave some spectators confused.

Curator Marcus Lobbes and his team were greeted with boos and whistles as they took to the stage at the end of Saturday evening’s performance of “Götterdämmerung,” German news agency dpa reported.