Innovation. 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. Ukraine updates: Russia says defense minister visits Donbas, Russian mercenary chief says Bakhmut almost fully encircled, Biden thanks Scholz for 'profound' German support on Ukraine. He has a powerful, metallic voice that expands as he rises in the tessitura, creating great effects of dramatic tension. Georg . Tannhuser Stephen Gould Order forms for the 2023 Bayreuth Festival will be sent out in the first half of December. Does Fafner kill his brother Fasolt to keep the boy? Bampton Barbican Baroque at the Edge Bath Bayreuth Festival BBC BBC NOW BBCSSO BCMG Beethoven250 Berlin Birmingham Bolivia book review BREMF Brighton Bristol British Museum British Youth Opera Britten 100 Britten Sinfonia Brixton Brussels BSO Budapest Bury Court Opera . . Titurel Gnther Groissbck 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. Other highlights from the Bayreuth Festival 2021 on DG Stage include Frank Castorf's provocative production of Der Ring . He offered a strong characterization from the cynical and lively mariner in Act one to the hopeless friend in Act three. Olafur Sigurdarson was a fine and plausible Alberich. Heinrich der Schreiber Jorge Rodrguez-Norton Ultimately, this was a magnificent performance where the production, the cast and the musicians were excellent and therefore were correspondingly lauded by Bayreuths passionate audience at the curtain call, something which was rarely seen at this years festival. 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. NRG (Next Robe Generation) Germany. Gtterdmmerung 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. Robe On Location. (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. 1. There will also be a festival atmosphere at the outdoor theater. Bayreuth, Bayern, Deutschland Lehrauftrag "Choreografische Praxis" Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultt, Universitt Bayreuth . The Diskurs Bayreuth series of events took place as a supporting program for the seventh time. Wagners Mythos wird in dieser Neuinterpretation zur Familiensaga der Gegenwart. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Ekaterina Gubanova was a brilliant Brangne. According to the announcement, the new production for 2023 is "Parsifal. 2021 - Mrz 2022 6 Monate. 2022 16:00:00. Valentin Schwarz Martin Kettle Mon 1 Aug 2022 06.11 EDT Last modified on Mon 1 Aug 2022 06.14 EDT ho knew? But the days when Bayreuth could claim to set the worlds standards in Wagner production as it did in the late 19th century when the festival began, and then again after the second world war, when the composers grandson Wieland Wagner and successors Patrice Chreau and Harry Kupfer reconceived the works afresh, have gone. 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. Festival Bayreuth Baroque 2022. Bei der Musik gibt es Hoffnung, aber die Arbeit muss jetzt erst richtig beginnen. In the cinema Reichshof. Foto: Jaap van Zweden Brad Trent. 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. (JPr) 30.8. 27.8. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Germany Bayreuth Festival 2021 - Wagner, Der fliegende Hollnder: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Da wird Regisseur Valentin Schwarz moralisch: Es sind die Kinder, unser aller Hoffnung. Costumes Rainer Sellmaier 26.8. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Siegfried Clay Hilley Originally scheduled for 2020, it arrived two years late due to the pandemic with a new conductor, Meister, drafted in at short notice after Pietari Inkinen contracted Covid. Already for the thirteenth time, realized by BF Medien, the project Wagner for Children took place. 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. 27.7. 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 tale of sex und crime: Just who are the Nibelungs? Opera is thriving. It is true that their roles are very short and delegated to a few spare lines, but the baritone lacked the vocal power to sing heroic line likeHe da, He da, he do which turned out to be tedious and uninteresting. Erda Okka von der Damerau "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. It works as a theatrical show. Nobody had done that on the stage before. They mostly sang in ensemble and their voices melded together beautifully, offering one great moment after another. In the cinema Reichshof. Auerdem wird er sicherheitshalber noch erstochen und erstickt. Vor allem mit dem Familienoberhaupt gibt es Probleme. He does not have the basso-profondo voice that this role requires and therefore he lacked vocal power. Her intervention is about 10 minutes long but she gained the recognition of the audience with her dark velvety sound, her mesmerizing legato singing, and her unlimited palette of vocal colors. I thought it was extraordinary and wonderful." (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. It is not freely associating; indeed, it is barely associating at all. 4. 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. He designed his work as a great social drama, dealing with power, greedand intrigue in the pantheonand on Earth. We look forward to seeing you again in 2023, stay well! Walther von Stolzing Klaus Florian Vogt This article was originally written in German, Sexism allegations overshadow Bayreuth Festival. Lohengrin Aug. 7, 2022. Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH Why should we care, if that is all there is? 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. At the most exciting musical theatre festival in the world. On the opening day of the Richard Wagner Festival, temperatures in Bayreuth are well over 30 degrees. Opera is thriving. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). 2. In addition to "Parsifal," the 2023 festival will present "The Ring of the Nibelung," "Tristan and Isolde," "Tannhuser" and "The Flying Dutchman. A revampedversion of the opera cycle "The Ring of the Nibelung" is also eagerly awaited. Concert with excerpts from Tannhuser, Rienzi and Tristan und Isolde. The Bayreuth Festival A theatre created for a single composer: the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. For the first time, there will be a surprise free program with musicians from the opera productions as part of a "Festival Open Air" on two evenings, which will not only be about Wagner. 4 e-moll op. Klingsors Zaubermdchen: Tuuli Takala, Katja Stuber, Simone Schrder, Alexandra Steiner, Bele Kumberger, Marie Henriette Reinhold Schlimmer als die Regie sei der Dirigent und die meisten Snger, sagt unser Kritiker. And furthermore, the production, the conductor and some singers received the disapproval of the audience on the opening night. 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. The heat and drought have visibly affected him. All of the leitmotifs were clearly expressed in the orchestra and all sections were completely balanced. (Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times), In der Neuproduktion von Richard Wagners "Der Ring des Nibelungen" bei den Bayreuther Festspielen bringt Regisseur Valentin Schwarz das Epos feministisch auf Zack. His last line:Isolde!, sung with hushed piannisimi, was breathtaking. 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. Olafur Sigurdarsons Alberich and Albert Dohmens were typically intelligent portrayals, founded in the poem and employing its musical marriage to considerable effect. The soprano seemed to be having unusually difficult times with the role anyway. 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. Perhaps this might too, then; or perhaps I might change my mind and come to recant, as I did with Frank Castorf (parts of whose production I had, though, always admired). 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 . CD-Rezension: War and Faith - Krieg und Glaube" Werke von Andrea Gabrieli, Giorgio Mainiero, Clment Jannequin, Matthias Hermann "I thought I'd just tell people about the festival idea and how a festival day works.". Parsifal Karfreitagszauber, Die Walkre Act 1 Most of the various Wotans (there were three) were adequate rather than notable. Herzlich willkommen auf der offiziellen Facebook-Seite der Bayreuther. After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. After two constricted pandemic years, the Bayreuth Festival is back with an unprecedented line-up of Wagner operas and full houses.Those attending this . But this isnt all that surprising. Moments like the aftermath of drinking the love potion or Tristans last Isolde before dying had the same effect. If vocal performances did not always reach the heights, nor did they ever fall below a reasonable level. Theres also a dark sky full of stars for Acts two and three. 2,279 were here. (Mnchner Merkur), Das Rheingold in Bayreuth: Poolparty mit Kindesentfhrung. I suppose a cyclical turn will appeal to some who insist on referring to the Ring as a cycle, when it is nothing of the sort. Her timbre is completely round and even throughout her whole tessitura. Regarder Grand bal symphonique avec l'Orchestre national de France De Berlioz Offenbach 44 min. Heftige Buhgewitter gab es auch. Der Ring des Nibelungen NYT Critic's Pick. 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. The timbrical richness of Wagners orchestration was solid, but I consider that this interpretation relied strongly on the dynamics. 2022 saw the premieres of two new productions of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival in August and at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden in October. A theatre created for a single composer: the Bayreuth Festival Theatre.