28.8. 95445 Bayreuth. But Corona cast long shadows over Bayreuth's sweltering heat this year. 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. There is no shame in that; many conductors, at the best of times, are more successful in some parts of the Ring than others. Parsifal Stephen Gould Meanwhile, the floor oval represents another dimension, and the videos projected here show metaphorical elements like the sea turning red when Isolda talks about Tristans wound or a hurricane in Act two. Alexander Meier-Drzenbach on La bohme. As an audience member, one could certainly relate. Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Gnther Groissbock canceled a year ago. The high note sounded strained and unstable. The young, multi-award-winning Austrian director Valentin Schwarz compares the new four-part "Ring" cycle to a Netflix series: Asequence of several parts watched in quick succession. Casting. There is no magic helmet either, therefore no invisibility or transformation into giant snakes or small toads. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). #BFRing22 ALT 4 26 122 Show this thread He opted for some extreme tempi that were quite distant from tradition, and I believe this was the reason for the huge disapproval of the audience. Parsifal Karfreitagszauber, Die Walkre Act 1 Even those, however, who discern some kind of return at the close will have wanted a little more for their money than a hasty, borderline-cynical return of dual umbilical chord babies on video, and, prior to that, of a swimming pool for the Rhine. Donner Raimund Nolte (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. Recipient of the ETH-Wellcome Translational Full Scholarship (CAS ETH ELTV) . Not once did his voice tire; he committed himself with apparently equally enthusiasm to what was going on dramatically. 3. He overdarkens and rounds the sound which leads to him losing projection from the C upwards above the stave. Tannhuser More than 50,000 spectators attended this years Festival. Klaus Florian Vogt, in his element as Lohengrin under Thielemann, brought his otherworldly tone to Siegmund too, outstanding in the annunciation of death scene with Brnnhilde, but less effective in conveying the characters tortured loneliness. 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 Beginn einer groen spannenden Sage? Die Walkre The hall capacity will be 1925 seats. Waltraute Christa Meyer Anders Larsson studerade vid Kungliga Musikhgskolan i Stockholm (Master och Diplom) ren 1990-1997.. Karrir. A theatre created for a single composer: the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. Jul 31, 2022 Heute ist es endlich soweit! Gtterdmmerung (Schwarzwlder Bote), Schnitzeljagd fr Wagner-Nerds: Der schreckliche Drache ist ein todkranker, uralter Mann. And even with quite a few pesante tempi, he managed to conclude the opera in two hours and 26 minutes, which is the average timing for most performances. Opulentes Theater als Raum fr monumentale Barockopern, die es nicht in die blichen gegenwrtigen Spielplne schaffen und eine wachsende Fangemeinde haben. This years Discourse Bayreuth also went out into the city and into nature. Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH 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. Not having been there, I can only speculate, but many have said it improved radically during its stint, a tribute to Bayreuths Werkstatt principle. On four discursive pilgrimage paths, which could be accessed by the audience with smartphones and headphones for the duration of the festival, the festival city was transformed into a theoretical site where artists and scholars explored the relationship between art and society, autonomy and the Gesamtkunstwerk with excerpts from conversations and thoughts by Chaya Czernowin, Ulrich Konrad, Gundula Kreuzer, Konrad Kuhn, Thomas Macho, Cornelius Meister, Herfried Mnkler, Isabel Mundry, Sergej Newski, Holger Noltze, Roland Schwab, Valentin Schwarz and Wolfgang Ullrich. 1.8. At the most exciting musical theatre festival in the world. 07/22/2022 Several female employees at the Bayreuth classical music festival were allegedly groped, including festival director Katharina Wagner. " Gorgeous acoustics " Aug 2019 Great performance and great acoustics! According to the announcement, the new production for 2023 is "Parsifal. (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. Bei der Musik gibt es Hoffnung, aber die Arbeit muss jetzt erst richtig beginnen. He led his first Vienna Philharmonic performance in 2000. The third act, though, was much better, a sense of form as living structure once again imparted. To list them is almost the only thing one can do, given such absence of the conceptual; but it quickly becomes tedious, so I shall try to remain (relatively) selective. Stage design Rainer Sellmaier Im not implying that the productions should be classical and represent faithfully all the actions of the story. August 14, 2022 16:00:00. Messen&Events. (Christian Wildhagen, Neue Zrcher Zeitung), Intellektuell und sinnlich erweist sich der neue Bayreuther Ring schlielich als das Fiasko, an das man zuvor drei Abende lang trotzdem nicht glauben konnte. Theres also a dark sky full of stars for Acts two and three. Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) . This year, hundreds of visitors experienced three enthusiastic performances of the commissioned work Nach Tristan in the Reichshof cinema with the great artists Dagmar Manzel and Sylvester Groth. The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. In the cinema Reichshof. (Keith Warner, The Guardian), "I have never come across an audience with so much hatred, so much anger, such a thirst for revenge. His timbre is completely even and balanced from low to high, presenting a clear, round sound. He conducted 154 Vienna Philharmonic concerts heading into the tour . Several female employees at the music festival were allegedly groped, including festival director Katharina Wagner, underscoring the prevalence of everyday sexism in Germany. With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration. Tenor: Klaus Florian Vogt, Die Walkre Act 1 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. The fact that the COVID pandemic is not yet over has become painfully apparent in Bayreuth. 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). 2.8. Grane Igor Schwab, Valentin Schwarz (director) 2022-06-22 M Albrecht Budapest . After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. 19.8. 2. Nobody had done that on the stage before. Nur: Was interessieren uns die Geissens? 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. The Norns were sung by Okka von der Damerau, Stphanie Mther and Kelly God. Flosshilde Katie Stevenson, Valentin Schwarz (director) 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. (Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau), Christian Thielemann bringt Bayreuth zurck, wo es musikalisch hingehrt! It makes you a little bit scared, and it's really quite terrifying." Bereits in 211 Tagen wird das Zurich Film Festival wieder stattfinden . (Matthias Lachenmann), In der Trash-TV-Sendung Die Geissens erlebt der Zuschauer das Leben einer reichen, wohlstandsverwahrlosten und prolligen Familie, was Valentin Schwarz nach dem ersten Aufzug der Gtterdmmerung zu urteilen zu seiner Ring-Inszenierung inspiriert hat. Knappe Martin Homrich More than 50,000 spectators attended this year's Festival. Andrea Cozzi (designs) Waldhter ihr (Gurnemanz, Ritter) - Act 1 (Remastered 2023, Bayreuth 1962)" and more. Robe Deutschland im Home Office Videoreihe. Das Rheingold He designed a special distribution, in a staircase, of the instruments. Wolfram von Eschenbach Markus Eiche A tale of sex und crime: Just who are the Nibelungs? Wanda . Jahrhundert. Im ersten Aufzug begeistern Georg Zeppenfeld als sonorer, klarer und bsartiger Hunding und Lise Davidsen als prsente Sieglinde, mit einer bombigen Mittellage, ber die sie Tiefen und Hhen eindrcklich erreicht. Stephan Gould sang the role of Tristan. The Rhinemaidens and Norns were all very good. Just a few days ago, the Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen, who had been rehearsing the "Ring" with the Festival Orchestra, had to back out due after contracting COVID. Elisabeth Teige was a strong Freia, giving entity and strength to a role which is usually portrayed as a weak young girl. E-mail: editor@wagneropera.net. (Norddeutscher Rundfunk), Rheingold in Bayreuth Valentin Schwarz lsst Wagners Symbolik leiden: Dass da noch niemand draufgekommen ist: Gttervater Wotan und sein Kontrahent Alberich sind Zwillingsbrder. But to ignore all the magic and mystical references completely means to tell a whole different story, as these themes are essential in the understanding and development of the original intent. 31.8. Froh Attilio Glaser Magdalene Christa Mayer 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. Hans Foltz Timo Riihonen 1. Fullness and bloom of voice were often as impressive as her sheer resolve to get on with it. After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. Concert with excerpts from Tannhuser, Rienzi and Tristan und Isolde. Mezzo-soprano Christa Mayer sang the role of Fricka with her powerful dark sound and an astonishing low register. (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. Gunther wears a sparkly top that asks Who the fuck is Grane? Quite, though one might ask that about anyone here, really. Venus Ekaterina Gubanova Robe On The Road. Avant-garde pioneer artist Mary Bauermeister has died, Belgian court paves way for Iran prisoner swap treaty, Palestinians in occupied West Bank live with uncertainty, Thousands of migrants have died in South Texas. Bis eines dem anderen das Auge aussticht und das andere den einen entmannt. It added extraneous characters and details (such as unscripted children of various characters), while ignoring many of Wagners intentions (there was no ring, no spear, no dragon, an intermittent sword and a halfhearted attempt at a Tarnhelm). Dabei denken wir natrlich gleich an das Rheingold und die Walkre, wo ebenfalls eine reiche Familie zu sehen ist, so dass sich der Ring zur Gtterdmmerung schliet. Stndig ist man am Rtseln und Entziffern. However, as I noted in my review of his Gtterdmmerung, he has lost volume and harmonics in his higher register. In addition to "Parsifal," the 2023 festival will present "The Ring of the Nibelung," "Tristan and Isolde," "Tannhuser" and "The Flying Dutchman. Valentin Schwarz Martin Kettle Mon 1 Aug 2022 06.11 EDT Last modified on Mon 1 Aug 2022 06.14 EDT ho knew? 2. Most of the various Wotans (there were three) were adequate rather than notable. The opther three operas are delayed to 2022. Conductor: Andris Nelsons After Tristan - A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. Excerpts from Die Walkre, Lohengrin, Parsifal and Gtterdmmerung will be heard. After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. August 2021: 1, 8, 12, 17, 24, Conductor Axel Kober 4.8. Press Release Stuttgart, 25 February 2022. In an abstract stage design, he had colors splashed against white walls. Bayreuth Festival Bayreuth 2022: Das Rheingold (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) Bayreuth 2022: Die Walkre (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) Bayreuth 2022: Siegfried (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) Bayreuth 2022: Gtterdmmerung (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) Per-Erik Skramstad - Wagneropera.net. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). (Sddeutsche Zeitung), Valentin Schwarz inszeniert Rheingold bei den Bayreuther Festspielen als Auftakt seines Ring des Nibelungen. Knappe Simone Schrder For the 16-hour cycle of the "Ring," which premiered in 1876, Richard Wagner had his festival hall built according to his own architectural ideas. Olafur Sigurdarsons Alberich and Albert Dohmens were typically intelligent portrayals, founded in the poem and employing its musical marriage to considerable effect. 31.7. Home; News; Encyclopera; Our references. It is the moment to which everything in the cycle has been leading, the moment when the tangled and dishonest world of the gods, in which the audience has been enmeshed across four operas and nearly 16 hours of music and drama, comes crashing down. Recorded (directed by Michael Beyer) at the Bayreuther Festspielhaus on 5.8.2022 and now available on STAGE+ until 14.11.2047. 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 . Bass Georg Zeppenfeld, who had appeared at Die Walkre as Hunding, sang the role of King Marke. 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. Hagen (Albert Dohmen). A version of Lohengrin created especially for children was performed ten times with great success on rehearsal stage IV. 21.8. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Das Rheingold (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Die Walkre (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Siegfried (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Gtterdmmerung (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Sam Goodyear: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, 25.7. Her performance was rotund and strong, giving an emotional characterization. 26.8. Gtterdmmerung Siegfrieds Tod und Trauermarsch (Klaus Florian Vogt) Gtterdmmerung Final scene (Christine Goerke ), Photo: Enrico Nawrath/Bayreuther Festspiele, Tristan und Isolde conductors at Bayreuth, One of the finest monuments in sound ever to have been raised to the everlasting glory of music. There may be no definitive answer, yet it is hardly a question simply to be ignored or, worse, trivialised. Olafur Sigurdarson was a fine and plausible Alberich. Loge Daniel Kirch 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. Bayreuth Festival :: Reviews, Schedules & Photos Company search click here for a gallery of photos from recent productions Tannhuser Bayreuth Festival Der Fliegende Hollnder Bayreuth Festival Gtterdmmerung Bayreuth Festival click here for more photos for this opera company Click below for production trailers Tannhuser Der Fliegende Hollnder Reinhard Traub (lighting) . His voice is bigger and denser comparing to the tenors usually cast for this part. I thought it was extraordinary and wonderful." 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. Orchestre de Paris et Ariane Matiakh : Faur, Strauss. Jul 2021 - Nov 2022 1 year 5 months. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Sixtus Beckmesser Johannes Martin Krnzle (Bo Skovhus 26.7.) 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. Director Barrie Kosky Denn was ist tatschlich das Kostbarste? And OperaWire came about as a desire to take in as much of it and allow the passionate fan base access to everything this wondrous art form has to offer on a daily basis. But whats most fascinating is that most characters cant step on it or cross the floor screen; in fact only Tristan and Isolde stay on it. The Bayreuth Festival in Germany has announced its 2023 program. Poscher managed to dilate the time of each silence to the extreme, creating a strong effect of tension. After 29 performances in the Festspielhaus, the 110th Bayreuth Festival comes to a successful close today. Oksana Lyniv maked history this summer as the first woman to ever She masterfully sustained the uncomfortable tessitura for a mezzo-soprano, with multiple sections written between E flat and A natural. Ekaterina Gubanova was a brilliant Brangne. 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). Mark your calendars! Moments like the aftermath of drinking the love potion or Tristans last Isolde before dying had the same effect. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Siegfried Clay Hilley 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. Even Cornelius Meisters conducting, a solid highlight of the previous three evenings, proved more mixed here. (Patrick Carnegy to The Guardian). Parsifal Excerpts. Fritz Kothner Werner Van Mechelen Lohengrin Leave a Reply . Tenor Daniel Kirch sang the role of Loge. Bass-baritone Egils Silins was a weak Wotan. Schwab manages to find a perfect balance between the story, which can be clearly understood and all the philosophical/metaphysical concepts that are a constant throughout the opera, creating moments that have a realistic natural approach (the first act until they drink the love potion or Markes monologue in Act two). Vor allem mit dem Familienoberhaupt gibt es Probleme. Intermission He possesses a lyrical instrument with modest volume but serious difficulties in the higher range (I always take into consideration that the singer might not be at his best on the night of the show) as shown in his opening line Vollender das ewige werk. Here, he had to take an extra short breath to prepare the high F, breaking the fluidity of the line. While most productions are usually planned years in advance, director Roland Schwab was only commissioned to take on this a new production of Wagners masterpiece in December 2021, leaving the creative team seven months to design, present the project, build the production, and rehearse it.

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