Oksana Lyniv is first female conductor to open Bayreuth festival

Ukrainian conducts Wagner's opera Flying Dutchman in front of audience including chancellor Angela Merkel

For the first time in its 145-year history, the Bayreuth opera festival has been opened by a female conductor.

Oksana Lyniv was applauded with warmth and vigour by the festival audience at the end of conducting Richard Wagner's Flying Dutchman.