90 (1883) *** Symphonie Nr. Andrea Cozzi (designs) Im not implying that the productions should be classical and represent faithfully all the actions of the story. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Elisabeth Teige as Gutrune. Bayreuths audience is very passionate, and they express their approval/disapproval very loudly at the curtain calls. The Diskurs Bayreuth series of events took place as a supporting program for the seventh time. Siegfried Messen&Events. Bayreuther Festspiele 2022; Rheingold; Insz. With an auditorium in which his music unfolds like in no other theatre in the world. Sixtus Beckmesser Johannes Martin Krnzle (Bo Skovhus 26.7.) 9.8. His timbre is completely even and balanced from low to high, presenting a clear, round sound. In fact, the end of the opera, with this elderly couple holding each other at the very front of the stage as the curtain falls, provides a unique and alternate reading to Wagners poem. All of the leitmotifs were clearly expressed in the orchestra and all sections were completely balanced. Theres also a dark sky full of stars for Acts two and three. She just has a few vocal appearances but her clean, strong ascensions to A naturals and B flats shown her vocal power, round sound, and astonishing projection. August 2021: 1, 8, 12, 17, 24, Conductor Axel Kober Oskar Manni Laudenbach. Catherine Foster Shines in Roland Schwabs Beautiful Production. Okt. Thielemann was 28 when he made his Vienna State Opera debut in 1987. Gutrune Elisabeth Teige But if the climax of this Ring contained any suggestion that a new order of things had somehow been made possible, it was hard to see where it was. Stndig ist man am Rtseln und Entziffern. The title roles are interpreted by Stephen Gould and Catherine Foster, the other . 2022/07/26. Kunz Vogelgesang Tansel Akzeybek Konrad Kuhn (dramaturgy) Olafur Sigurdarsons Alberich and Albert Dohmens were typically intelligent portrayals, founded in the poem and employing its musical marriage to considerable effect. On the opening day of the Richard Wagner Festival, temperatures in Bayreuth are well over 30 degrees. German sagas form the basis for Wagner's "Ring." The soprano seemed to be having unusually difficult times with the role anyway. There were also four performances of Der fliegende Hollnder, five performances of Lohengrin, five performances of Tannhuser, and two concerts under the musical direction of Andris Nelsons. Nobody had done that on the stage before. Categories: Bayreuth, FESTIVALS, Opera, retransmissions radiofniques Tags: Catherine Foster, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Eberhard Friedrich, Ekaterina Gubanova, Georg Zeppenfeld, Jorge Rodrguez-Norton, Markus Eiche, Markus Poschner, OlafurSigurdarson, Raimund Nolte, Richard Wagner, Siyabonga Maqungo, Stephen Gould, Tristan Finally, Schwab introduced his own concept of the stages of love in a human life by presenting a couple of children in the overture, a couple in their mid-30s for the second act and an elderly couple for the third act. (Martin Kettle, The Guardian), Das Licht der Welt erblicken auch zwei Kinder, die wir im Vorspiel in einer Videoprojektion sehen, die sich wohl schon im Mutterleib spinnefeind sind Wotan und sein Schatten (C. G. Jung) Alberich. How healthy are India's 1.4 billion people? Intermission (Klnische Rundschau), Nach 25 Minuten kommt es in jedem Rheingold zum Schwur. Those wanting to know more about Wagner's impact on popular culturecan visit the special exhibition, showing at the Richard Wagner Museum, on how the composerhas been appropriated to marketeverything frombeer toheavy metal music. Tannhuser Stephen Gould And so it happens that you see the characters acting completely different from what they are singing; there is a complete detachment between their words and their actions. Concert with excerpts from Tannhuser, Rienzi and Tristan und Isolde. Meister will then take over "Tristan und Isolde" in Bayreuth again in 2023. Boos could be heard ringing out during the final curtain for the August 10 Rheingold, a clear indication about how they felt about Valentin Schwarzs new production. More than 50,000 spectators attended this years Festival. Kirchs performance was agile, with depurated German diction, and unlimited variety of colors and dynamics. Waltraute Christa Meyer Tomas Konieczny, who sang Wotan, fell on the set in the second act of Die Walkre and had to be replaced for the third act of that opera. It is hardly unusual for the gods to have nothing god-like to them at any stage whatsoever, though such is at best a one-sided view. E-mail: editor@wagneropera.net. 25.7.2021 performance and streamed (directed by Andy Sommer) for a limited time on DG Stage. 27.7. The festspielhaus in Bayreuth is possibly the most unique opera house in the world. What Now? (Claude Debussy on Parsifal), "The thing about Wagner is that there can be no true success in any production of his operas, only degrees of failure. Connoisseurs, friends, skeptics they all come to the green hill every summer to explore his legacy, away from the great centres of culture. Konrad Nachtigal Armin Kolarczyk The fact that the COVID pandemic is not yet over has become painfully apparent in Bayreuth. Bayreuth Festival 2022: an unusual number of boos from the audience Conductor Cornelius Meister had to be satisfied with mixed reactions for his loud and sometimes ruthless conducting, from which Irne Theorin in particular suffered audibly as Brnnhilde. Audiences journey from around the world to Bayreuth to watch the Ring Cycle whenever it is staged; Wagners purpose-built theatre still has tremendous allure and mystique. It tried to do too much, some of it interesting and thought-provoking, too much of it merely distracting and inconsequential. That the prologue and first act in particular dragged, often seeming to lie behind whatever notional basic tempo had been set, was nonetheless unfortunate as nonsense upon nonsense unfolded onstage. Fasolt Jens-Erik Aasb With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration. Tristan und Isolde 26.7. Schwarzs idea, in Rheingold, that the cycles foundational sin was the seizure of a child, not of the gold from which a ring of power would be created, was challenging in the best sense. Frank Castorfs pretentious 2013-17 Bayreuth Ring. Schwarzs cycle was a further milestone in Bayreuths continuing loss of authority and direction. Das Rheingold review no ring, no gold, instead child abuse and abduction drive Bayreuths new Ring, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 30.8. It was the year after Wieland Wagner had died; to be able to see his productions was a total knock-out. Lighting Reinhard Traub (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). A theatre created for a single composer: the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. The audience, as much as the artists, must be prepared for a performance." Gtterdmmerung Knappe Simone Schrder (Sddeutsche Zeitung), Valentin Schwarz inszeniert Rheingold bei den Bayreuther Festspielen als Auftakt seines Ring des Nibelungen. The focus was on the two new productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen and Tristan und Isolde. There is, it seems, no getting around thatand it is unclear why Schwarz, Kuhn, and company are so determined to try. It is far from the case that every idea advanced is unworthy of consideration; the problem more is that the production itself barely deigns to extend that consideration, already having jumped on something else. We are delighted to announce that Max Emanuel Cenic's production of Leonardo Vinci's Alessandro nell'Indie, which premiered at the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival in September 2022, has been voted "Best Opera Production of the Year" by the readers of the renowned French opera magazine . Markus Poscher offered an emotional reading of the score, giving special emphasis to the multiple crescendos and silences throughout. Thursday August 04 2022, 12.00pm, The Times Valentin Schwarz's Bayreuth Festival Ring suffered yet another mishap during Act II of Die Walkre . Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 7 - 18 September 2022, Bayreuth, Germany Margravial Opera House Bayreuth Margravial Opera House Bayreuth Sun Temple of the Orangery in the Hermitage Carlo il Calvoat the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival Falk von Traubenberg Margravial Opera House Bayreuth Margravial Opera House Bayreuth Der fliegende Hollnder Fortunately, he has conducted the "Ring" many times before. 4. The Rheingold is personified by a small boy wearing a yellow cap and T-shirt; therefore Alberich kidnaps the boy from the swimming pool instead of stealing pieces of gold. The Festspielorchester is probably the greatest orchestra playing Wagner and it really shows. We look forward to seeing you again in 2023, stay well! In Die Walkre, successfully subverting another big moment to the horror of traditionalists, he placed the final focus of the opera on Frickas futile triumph over Wotan, not on Wotans farewell to his daughter Brnnhilde. They mostly sang in ensemble and their voices melded together beautifully, offering one great moment after another. It is by any standards climactic. "COVID has unfortunately also led to a loss of audience, many houses are noticing this with a sharp drop in subscribers as well," she told the German press agency dpa. All the actions take place around this oval in Act one until the couple drink the love potion which is when they step into the oval for the very first time. Bayreuth remains an extraordinary venue, its ambitious ability to mount a new cycle in a single season is remarkable, and the 150th anniversary Ring, to be mounted there in 2026, will doubtless be a global event. He explored the frenzy and cynicism of this role, even while the staging demanded a naturalistic personification of this Demi-God of fire.. Amfortas Michael Volle Last year saw a scaled-down schedule and audience in Bayreuth, but festival director Katharina Wagner was pleased to confirm a return to full capacity in 2022. They take everything personally. 12.8. In Siegfried, the unwrapping of the tightly bandaged Brnnhilde was a striking take on Siegfrieds moment of female discovery. His ability to color the vocal line and sing dynamics created memorable moments during such passages as so verfluchich die liebe, the horad scene, or the curse. He offered a strong, believable characterization of the tortured, greedy dwarf even if the staging was quite still in the first scene or presented him in his underwear during the first part of the fourth scene. 3 F-Dur op. Lyrical art highlights; Legends of Opera . Recipient of the ETH-Wellcome Translational Full Scholarship (CAS ETH ELTV) . Bayreuths audience is very reluctant to accept new interpretations of Wagners magnus opus; the now-iconic Boulez-Chereau centennial production from 1976 was a huge failure its first season, before becoming as revered as it is today. In Bayreuth, even less is happening in a new production that director Roland Schwab took care of. "I thought I'd just tell people about the festival idea and how a festival day works.". Oksana Lyniv maked history this summer as the first woman to ever As an audience member, one could certainly relate. Woglinde Lee-an Dunbar Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Anders Larsson studerade vid Kungliga Musikhgskolan i Stockholm (Master och Diplom) ren 1990-1997.. Karrir. Reinhard Traub (lighting) (Matthias Lachenmann), Der Bayreuther Ring-Regisseur Valentin Schwarz inszeniert Wagners groes Musikdrama um Gold und Gier, Zwerge und Drachen als moderne Serie ber eine verkorkste Familie. Tannhuser Yuval Sharon. Klingsors Zaubermdchen: Tuuli Takala, Katja Stuber, Simone Schrder, Alexandra Steiner, Bele Kumberger, Marie Henriette Reinhold Occasionally, everything comes together, as it did last in Barry Koskys 2017 Die Meistersinger, conducted by Philippe Jordan, and before that in Stefan Herheims brilliant Parsifal in 2008, conducted by Daniele Gatti. It seems to speak more than anything of lack of acquaintance with Wagners work andwhich may or may not be fairsheer laziness. He imprinted a sense of power and vitality to the score. Richard Wagner: visionary, utopian his heritage remains alive here. Meisters direction was fluent and competent without coming close to the excellence of Christian Thielemanns conducting of Lohengrin in the middle of the Ring week. In the past, the museum director has often been asked whichcelebrities will be in attendance. Jens-ann Dunbar gave a timid interpretation of the giant Fasolt. Tristan is inside the oval for his agony and hallucinations in Act three, but as soon as Isolde enters he jumps out of it and it fades to black. Der Beginn einer groen spannenden Sage? Ein junger Hirt Katharina Konradi (7/27, 8/2, 8/5), Alexandra Steiner ( (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. (Keith Warner, The Guardian), "I have never come across an audience with so much hatred, so much anger, such a thirst for revenge. Currently, there is a 10-year waiting list for tickets. 11.8. Stefan Herheim om samarbeidet med Gatti etc. Former German chancellor Angela Merkel arrives with husband Joachim Sauer for the opening of the annual Bayreuth Festival featuring the music of German composer Richard Wagner at the Festival Theatre. Their sound is precise and has a sense of perfection, polish, and passion at the same time. Mark Berry is Reader in Music History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and previously taught and lectured in History at the University of Cambridge. Solist Klaus Florian Vogt She too has been subjected to pretty horrific, all too casual abuse, seemingly to no end other than as something else to do (and not in a Clockwork Orange sort of way either). It had not helped that Theorin had just delivered an undistinguished account of the final scene of Gtterdmmerung, one of the cycles great vocal set pieces. He sang the expansive lines of his long monologue Mir dies? with exquisite legato line; the recitative sections were delivered with an immaculate German diction, offering a sorrowful interpretation of the betrayed king. Volume 14, Number 3 Fall 2000 LE TMOTUVE THE JOURNAL OF THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTROVERSY THY NAME IS WAGNER Can We Separate The Man From His Art? But his voice lost intensity and projection from the middle to the upper range, giving little vocal consistency in a role which has to sound authoritative and powerful. After 145 Years, Bayreuth Festival Has Its First Female Conductor! CD-Rezension: War and Faith - Krieg und Glaube" Werke von Andrea Gabrieli, Giorgio Mainiero, Clment Jannequin, Matthias Hermann At the most exciting musical theatre festival in the world. Lohengrin There is not much of a mystery, here, really, let alone inconsistency, though what form of power is of course open to speculation and interpretation. Der Auftakt mit Das Rheingold war brav und fern von groartig. Here on xscores you can find all detailed information about Spvgg Bayreuth vs Vfb Oldenburg match - 2022-2023, previous match results sorted by their H2H and standings. 98 (1884-1885) Wiener Symphoniker If the chorus was far from overwhelming in the Vassals Scene, perhaps Covid restrictions were still in play; it looked as well as sounded smaller than usual. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Valentin Schwarzs production of the four-opera epic presents human characters with relations even more tangled than usual. Bis eines dem anderen das Auge aussticht und das andere den einen entmannt. Bayreuth, Bayern, Deutschland Lehrauftrag "Choreografische Praxis" Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultt, Universitt Bayreuth . 5.8. Siegfried apparently forgot to take Notung with himor rather, the director forgot that he should. He received one of the greatest ovations of the night. Froh Attilio Glaser The British soprano has a big, dark sound with a marked but stable vibrato. Andy Besuch (costumes) Cornelius Meister (conductor), Valentin Schwarz. Eva Camilla Nylund August 2022, fr klassik-begeistert.de und klassik-begeistert.at. 10 Die Feen 6 1960-1999 1967-08 Bell Bayreuth 1976-05-02 Downes Manchester 1983-02-13 Ehrling Wien 1983-07 Sawallisch Mnchen 1989-09-07 Schwarz Mnchen . It made for a long and dispiriting evening, though. I thought it was extraordinary and wonderful." sponsoring strategy to finance the non-profit organization organizing a local referendum that aims to make the city of Bayreuth climate neutral until 2030 Schwarzs unwillingness or inability to formulate any kind of concept, let alone to present it successfully, has long since had hopes for drama run out of steam. Therefore his A flats and naturals sounded muffled and his vibrato became slow and unsteady. (Schwarzwlder Bote), Schnitzeljagd fr Wagner-Nerds: Der schreckliche Drache ist ein todkranker, uralter Mann. 7.8. Her interpretation of Einsam wachend, which is on the most beautiful melodies written in this score, was extremely moving. There is so much in these bloody pieces, all you can do is try to live up to them." The contrast between light and dark is constantly present with big shadows of the characters on the rounded walls, their silhouettes seen on the open ceiling or the back door, which is rather dark or illuminated in an impossible blinding white (depending on the several references to the light of the day or the darkness of the night). Cornelius Meister, general music director of the Stuttgart State Opera, will now conduct the "Ring" in his place. It is by any standards climactic. It was there, but Brnnhilde kept it, storing up various trouble for a final scene to the first act. There were some splendid passages too, but this was not a vintage night for Wagner musically. Reinmar von Zweter Wilhelm Schwinghammer But Schwabs ending seems to posit for the immortality of love. Broadcasts from the Bayreuth festival A production by Wolfgang Wagner (1970) Audio. Today, the building is internationally famous for its excellent acoustics. 31.7. "We are very happy to be virtually sold-out.". The Schwarz cycle ran out of steam in the end because it had no big or unifying idea not even a really bad unifying idea such as Frank Castorfs pretentious 2013-17 Bayreuth Ring which preceded this one. (BR Klassik), Das Rheingold review no ring, no gold, instead child abuse and abduction drive Bayreuths new Ring. Elisabeth, Nichte des Landgrafen Lise Davidsen 28.7. The Nibelungs, a dwarf race, are represented in this production by little blond girls in uniform drawing pictures. The Bayreuth Festival (German: Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. They sing the whole love duet of Act two on it, but Isolde is violently pushed out of it by Melot when the couple is discovered, leaving Tristan in the middle, sitting on a chair as the oval turns black. Anyway, Grane goes with Siegfried into the world (actually, back to part of Fafners house, I think) to encounter a Gunther who slightly resembles Peter Stringfellow or even Jimmy Savile, but whose inspiration a German friend tells me is a trashy television series called Die Geissens eine schrecklich glamourse Familie. 2022 (683) December 2022 (43) November 2022 (58 ) October 2022 . If quality of diction came and went, there was much to appreciate in Irne Theorins Brnnhilde, who managed to maintain a considerable degree of dignity, events around here notwithstanding. Der fliegende Hollnder Home; News; Encyclopera; Our references. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), But poor Brnnhilde (seriously). Andrea Cozzi (designs) Meanwhile, tenor Glaser has a guttural emission with small projection and blurred diction. Per-Erik Skramstad - Wagneropera.net. Alberichs alleged inability to father Hagenit is not entirely clear, writes dramaturge Konrad Kuhn in the programme, how he could have conceived a sonis at best problematical. Her characterization was intense but believable and she deftly portrayed all the extreme feelings Isolde goes through, from anger and revenge to unconditional love and ecstasy. I think there would have to be a greater willingness, indeed any at all, to extend the frame of reference beyond a rich, unlikeable family. (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. Mark your calendars! Construction work on the stage tower will be completed next year, and 6 wheelchair spaces and a passenger elevator will then be available in the tower on the right. A version of Lohengrin created especially for children was performed ten times with great success on rehearsal stage IV. Stream songs including "Parsifal: Vorspiel - Act 1 (Remastered 2023, Bayreuth 1962)", "Parsifal: He! The only truly standout performance was Lise Davidsens Sieglinde, a performance for the ages. Leave a Reply . Das Rheingold (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Hagen (Albert Dohmen) and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky). Gunther leaves the carrier bag with pieces of his body by the pool for Brnnhilde in pink dressing gown eventually to pick up Granes head to sing to. Gtterdmmerung Solist Klaus Florian Vogt, Parsifal Vorspiel Act 1 Hans svenska operadebut var i rollen som greven i Figaros brllop p Gteborgsoperan r 1994 och hans internationella operadebut kom r 1996 i titelrollen i Eugne Onegin vid Spoleto-festivalen (Festival dei Due Mondi) i Italien, med regissren och . Titurel Gnther Groissbck This article was originally written in German, Sexism allegations overshadow Bayreuth Festival. There is no magic helmet either, therefore no invisibility or transformation into giant snakes or small toads. Hans Sachs Michael Volle I am only too aware of precedents, of how, say, Patrice Chreaus first run met with uproar and incomprehension, proceeding to become perhaps the best loved (and esteemed) Ring of all time. Get your tickets here! Why should we care, if that is all there is? Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 - Wagner, Gtterdmmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Cornelius Meister (conductor). Sam Goodyear: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Review: Bayreuths First American Director Arrives With Lohengrin (, Wenn schon Licht, dann eine anstndige Hexenverbrennung (, Zwischen Schilf und Kraftwerk: "Lohengrin" bei den Bayreuther Festspielen (, "Es wird wirklich sehr viel rumgestanden" (, Article: Bayreuths First American Director Made Wagner a Feminist. While taking in a divisive production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, it was quite refreshing to take in the August 12 performance of Tristan und Isolde and come away hearing deserved bravos and cheers. Bayreuth festival Valentin Schwarz's new staging of Wagner's epic has some thought-provoking moments, but few were sustainable and most were just distracting Martin Kettle @ martinkettle Mon 8. Gralsritter Timo Riihonen 19.8. and then stumbling back off again, was not the least embarrassing episode in a renewed, though hardly rejuvenated, string of scenic non sequiturs. Valentin Schwarzs Ring ends more or less where it began, bar curtain-calls in which the long-awaited appearance of Schwarz and his team was greeted by the most intensive booing I have ever heard. The festival's latest take on Wagner's"Ring" cycle was supposed to be staged in 2020, but had to be postponed due to COVID. Max Emanuel Cencic chante Haendel au Festival Bayreuth Baroque 2022. Of course, the heated atmosphere could also be symbolic of the current situation . Select from premium Stephanie Stumph Photos of the highest quality. Wellgunde Stephanie Houtzeel 95445 Bayreuth. Boston, Massachusetts, United States . Loiseau de feu de Stravinsky - Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Elisabeth Teige was a strong Freia, giving entity and strength to a role which is usually portrayed as a weak young girl. 26.8. Not once did his voice tire; he committed himself with apparently equally enthusiasm to what was going on dramatically. But this isnt all that surprising. Magdalene Christa Mayer February 14, 2022 Its Austrian director Valentin Schwarz has been talking to the DPA: 'The fact that the "Ring" in Bayreuth is performed in its entirety within just one week gives us the. Eine Altstimme Simone Schrder, Puristen-Parsifal: Thielemann rockt (Festspielblog.de), Christian Thielemann dirigiert in einer starken Bayreuther Saison einen genialen Parsifal im Festspielhaus (Frankfurter Rundschau), Sopran: Christine Goerke Stephan Gould sang the role of Tristan. Ergibt sie was? Und so weiter. Luis August Krawen (video), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Wagners Mythos wird in dieser Neuinterpretation zur Familiensaga der Gegenwart. Ukrainian women rock! The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. Olafur Sigurdarson, Syabonga Maqungo,Raimund Nolte and Jorge Rodrguez-Norton were brilliant in their supportive short roles of Melot, Junger Seemann, Ein Steuermann and Ein Hirt, respectively. After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. There may be no definitive answer, yet it is hardly a question simply to be ignored or, worse, trivialised. More than 50,000 spectators attended this year's Festival. Bei der Musik gibt es Hoffnung, aber die Arbeit muss jetzt erst richtig beginnen. Gunther wears a sparkly top that asks Who the fuck is Grane? Quite, though one might ask that about anyone here, really. Cornelius Meister (conductor), At Wagners Festival, a Dutchman Never Sails. Es bietet Workshops und Meisterklassen fr Snger, Instrumentalmusiker, . The staging is mostly dynamic with the exception of the first scene which turned out to be quite still and slow. This years Discourse Bayreuth also went out into the city and into nature. Flosshilde Katie Stevenson, Valentin Schwarz (director) But the tessitura of this role in this opera is mostly central so Silins performance was mostly correct. 31.8. He designed his work as a great social drama, dealing with power, greedand intrigue in the pantheonand on Earth. 16.8. He is the author of Treacherous Bonds and Laughing Fire: Politics and Religion in Wagner's Ring (2006) and After Wagner: Histories of Modernist Music Drama from 'Parsifal' to Nono (2014). Robe On Location. The orchestra and chorus of the festival sounded beautiful, strong, and full of emotion. Brnnhilde Irne Theorin (Lance Ryan on the audiences at Bayreuth), "People sometimes complain that Wagner operas are too long, that they get stiff and sore about 10.30 because they have rushed in to hear one of his works straight from work and are not properly prepared for listening to his music. Several female employees at the music festival were allegedly groped, including festival director Katharina Wagner, underscoring the prevalence of everyday sexism in Germany. Alexander Meier-Drzenbach on La bohme. This button displays the currently selected search type. Raimund Nolte and Attilio Glaser were simply correct as Donner and Froh. Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH The dark-haired boy we first saw in Das Rheingold shooting others with a water-pistol at the swimming pool seems in some sense to have become the gold, the ring, young Hagen, and nowoddly, having aged far faster than everyone elseold Hagen. The overture begins with a short motif that concludes in the famous Tristans chord. This is repeated three times in different keys with three silences in between. 5 months ago After 29 performances in the Festspielhaus, the 110th Bayreuth Festival comes to a successful close today. The quality of singing was episodic too. The theatre is the host for the annual festival Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, established in 1896 after the . Meister created great moments of tension, such as during the crescendo of the prelude, where he kept increasing the depth and density of the sound while keeping an impossibly slow tempo. Listen to Wagner: Parsifal by Hans Knappertsbusch by Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Bayreuth Festival Chorus on Apple Music. Second Norn Stphanie Mther (JPr) Bass: Gnther Groissbck The singers will be Christine Goerke, Gnther Groissbck and Klaus Florian Vogt.