Reply. TAFF Festspielnacht am Goldbergsee Elisabeth Teiges Gutrune was not helped by the productionwho was?but was a convincing vocal performance. Lohengrin Froh Attilio Glaser Der erzhlt die Handlung der "Walkre" weiter als Familiensaga im Netflix-Stil. Conductor Christian Thielemann They mostly sang in ensemble and their voices melded together beautifully, offering one great moment after another. Luis August Krawen (video), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Mime Arnold Bezuyen Isolde finally steps back into it for the final Liebestod.. 30.7. In the cinema Reichshof. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Cornelius Meister, Staatsoper Stuttgart's General Music Director, will conduct the opening of this year's Bayreuth Festival.Meister will make his debut at the Festspielhaus on 25 July 2022 with Tristan und Isolde.Roland Schwab will be in charge of the production. Andrea Cozzi (designs) Klingsors Zaubermdchen: Tuuli Takala, Katja Stuber, Simone Schrder, Alexandra Steiner, Bele Kumberger, Marie Henriette Reinhold Yuval Sharon. Berlin, Germany . "That's why I already feel very comfortable and at home in the 'Ring' production," he said. Valentin Schwarz erntet fr seine wenig schlssige Neuinszenierung von Richard Wagners Ring des Nibelungen fast einhellige Ablehnung. Grnderin und Knstlerische Produktionsleitung soundance festival berlin soundance festival berlin Jan. 2017 -Heute 6 Jahre 3 Monate. "That's an emergency situation that you can't wish for," Meister told the dpa. 31.7. 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. 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. 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. 2022 - 2023. Gtterdmmerung Meanwhile, tenor Glaser has a guttural emission with small projection and blurred diction. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. With an auditorium in which his music unfolds like in no other theatre in the world. 1.8. Sixtus Beckmesser Johannes Martin Krnzle (Bo Skovhus 26.7.) The tetralogy ha. Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) . Fafner Wilhelm Schwinghammer 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. (Patrick Carnegy to The Guardian). 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. Die Walkre The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. Die Walkre Walkrenritt Die Walkre Abschied und Feuerzauber (Gnther Groissbck) Sat 24 Jun 2023 Kindheitstraum Festival 2023 Speichersdorf, Germany. (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. The unfortunate image resembles Golden Girl Rose Nylund doing a turn as Salome on her way to collect midnight cheesecake, albeit with none of the fun or interest that might entail. But when the Bayreuth Festival Theater opened in 1876, with the premiere of his full "Ring of the Nibelung" a four-opera, 15 . The firstis a new production of Wagner's romantic drama, "Tristan and Isolde." There is no reason to think that the rest of the work will not follow in time. Concert with excerpts from Tannhuser, Rienzi and Tristan und Isolde. Order forms for the 2023 Bayreuth Festival will be sent out in the first half of December. 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. Produkte. Hagen (Albert Dohmen) left, and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky) kissing Siegfried (on this photo Stephen Gould, but Clay Hilley stepped as Siegfried 5 August since Stephen Gould was sick. The fact that the COVID pandemic is not yet over has become painfully apparent in Bayreuth. Opera is thriving. Parsifal Stephen Gould Vor allem mit dem Familienoberhaupt gibt es Probleme. 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. BUT, the problem is that such a realistic approach does not tell the story of the opera well, filling Wagners original libretto with contradictions to the point that the story being played onstage resembles nothing of the actual text. Wotan - Egils SilinsDonner - Raimund NolteFroh - Attilio GlaserLoge - Daniel KirchFricka - Christa MayerFreia - Elisabeth TeigeErda - Okka von der DamerauAlb. 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. Time to take a look at the myth behind the work. Reinhard Traub (lighting) (Patrick Carnegy to The Guardian). The third act, though, was much better, a sense of form as living structure once again imparted. Und so weiter. Tannhuser This article was originally written in German, Sexism allegations overshadow Bayreuth Festival. 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 New Ring cycles are springing up as the worlds opera houses get back into their rhythms after the pandemic. Er hofft auf die anderen drei Teile. The singers will be Christine Goerke, Gnther Groissbck and Klaus Florian Vogt. Further reviews may be found at http://boulezian.blogspot.com. Gutrune (Elisabeth Teige), taking a selfie, and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky) on the sofa. Mon 17 Jul 2023 Kulturinsel Whrmhle . DE. It is a competitive market. In the Festspielhaus on the "green hill" a pilgrimage spot for Richard Wagner fans from all over the world there will be more Wagneroperas to watch than ever before. Bayreuther Festspiele - Bayreuth Festival | Bayreuth 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), Bayreuth 2019: Tannhuser (Tobias Kratzer/Christian Thielemann), Bayreuth 2019: Lohengrin (Yuval Sharon/Christian Thielemann), Bayreuth 2019: Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg (Kosky/Jordan), Bayreuth 2019: Tristan und Isolde (Katharina Wagner/Christian Thielemann), Bayreuth 2017: Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg (Kosky/Jordan), Bayreuth 2017: Parsifal (Uwe Eric Laufenberg / Hartmut Haenchen), Bayreuth 2017: Das Rheingold (Frank Castorf/Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2017: Die Walkre (Frank Castorf/ Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2017: Siegfried (Castorf/Janowski), Bayreuth 2017: Gtterdmmerung (Castorf/Janowski), Bayreuth 2016: Parsifal (Uwe Eric Laufenberg / Hartmut Haenchen), Bayreuth 2016: Tristan und Isolde (Katharina Wagner/Christian Thielemann), Bayreuth 2016: Gtterdmmerung (Frank Castorf/ Marek Janowski), Bayreuth-2016: Siegfried (Frank Castorf/ Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2016: Die Walkre (Frank Castorf/ Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2016: Das Rheingold (Frank Castorf/Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2014: Frank Castorf Ring: Das Rheingold, Bayreuth 2014: Frank Castorf Ring: Die Walkre, Bayreuth 2014: Frank Castorf Ring: Siegfried, Bayreuth 2014: Frank Castorf Ring: Gtterdmmerung, Bayreuth 2011: Marthaler Tristan und Isolde, Daniel Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas (34 CD), Christian Wildhagen, Neue Zrcher Zeitung, Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau, Klaus Billand, 5. Das Rheingold Das Rheingold Those attending this year's Bayreuth Festival from July 25 to September 1 can look forward to five premieres. Tenor: Klaus Florian Vogt, Die Walkre Act 1 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. 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. 12.8. He explored the frenzy and cynicism of this role, even while the staging demanded a naturalistic personification of this Demi-God of fire.. Her performance was rotund and strong, giving an emotional characterization. After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. 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. The festival opened on Monday (July 25, 2022). 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. 22.8. Currently, there is a 10-year waiting list for tickets. 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. Tannhuser Select from premium Stephanie Stumph Photos of the highest quality. divisive production of Der Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried I thought it was extraordinary and wonderful." Second Norn Stphanie Mther 95445 Bayreuth, In 2023, wahnfood GmbH from Bayreuth will again provide catering services for the Bayreuth Festival before the performances, during, The Bayreuth Festival GmbH is looking for several make-up artists (m/f/d) for the 2023 season (period between May 15 and. 25.8. Robe Up All Night with Black Coffee at Zamna Festival. It works as a theatrical show. CD-Rezension: War and Faith - Krieg und Glaube" Werke von Andrea Gabrieli, Giorgio Mainiero, Clment Jannequin, Matthias Hermann Oksana Lyniv maked history this summer as the first woman to ever 5 months ago After 29 performances in the Festspielhaus, the 110th Bayreuth Festival comes to a successful close today. 27.8. Klingsor Derek Welton Insofar as one could avoid Schwarzs weird conception of Guntherwas he supposed to be high, or just very, very peculiar?the same could be said of Michael Kupfer-Radecky in that role. It is by any standards climactic. A version of Lohengrin created especially for children was performed ten times with great success on rehearsal stage IV. 2. Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH Titurel Gnther Groissbck It is built entirely of wood, with one of the deepest stages in all theater. Her lyrical instrument, with a dark, round sound but sweet timbre and mesmerizing projection, was the perfect contrast to Fosters dramatic voice. Parsifal Excerpts. Thielemann was 28 when he made his Vienna State Opera debut in 1987. "I thought I'd just tell people about the festival idea and how a festival day works.". Ulrich Eisslinger Christopher Kaplan More information is available on the official website of the festival. But this isnt all that surprising. International expert workshop on the digital health divide at the University of Bayreuth, Campus Kulmbach: Submit your Beliebt bei Petronela Sandulache. They take everything personally. Christian Thielemann. Wotan Egils Silins Der Ring des Nibelungen NYT Critic's Pick. 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. Freia Elisabeth Teige Jul 31, 2022 Heute ist es endlich soweit! 13.8. E-mail: editor@wagneropera.net. With an auditorium in which his music unfolds like in no other theatre in the world. The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, doubtless understandably, sounded at times tired. 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. Subversive: Die Walkre at Bayreuth festival. (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. Tristan und Isolde 26.7. He effortlessly sang a strong high G in Act three upon realizing that Isolde is finally coming to Tristans side. Irene Theorin as Brnnhilde. Lohengrin Vorspiel In the libretto, Tristan and Isolda are only truly united when they die, as this is the only moment when they can be totally free and love each other without conditions. 2022/07/26. 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. The Nibelungs, a dwarf race, are represented in this production by little blond girls in uniform drawing pictures. 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. Alexander Meier-Drzenbach on La bohme. He imbued his interpretation with power and vocal entity which in this production has to rely on vocal characterization as the staging does not help much. Fullness and bloom of voice were often as impressive as her sheer resolve to get on with it. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky) and the vassals. Der fliegende Hollnder We look forward to seeing you again in 2023, stay well! 98 (1884-1885) Wiener Symphoniker 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. 04.05.2022 In the midst of the Corona pandemic, a compendium of four small-format books found its way into the Research Institute for Music Theatre in Thurnau. 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. His interpretation of his second scene monologue immer ist Undnak was amusing and emotional at the same time. Director Tobias Kratzer Catherine Foster was a powerful Isolde. But truth be told, the production entertains and the sets are pleasant to look at: a swimming pool for the opening scene, a vintage decorated mansion for the second and fourth scene, cars, guns, CCTV footage. Okka von der Damerau sang the short but lucid role of Erda. Konrad Kuhn (dramaturgy) operacast - Bayreuth 2022 INTERNET BROADCAST SCHEDULE BROADCASTS & REBROADCASTS July 25 through August 6, 2022 . Waltraute did not suit Christa Mayer quite so much as Fricka, but there was little doubting the quality of verbal response. Among others, there was a well received one in Leipzig in June, a promising one in Zrich, theres another in Berlin this autumn and two in London in the years to come. It is with this gold that Alberich forges the magic ring after having renounced love and launches the epic battle that lasts four operas. Gralsritter Timo Riihonen Concert Classique. (Some might argue racism too; let us leave that for another day. Der Beginn einer groen spannenden Sage? The audience, as much as the artists, must be prepared for a performance." 20.8. Ergibt sie was? 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. Tannhuser Stephen Gould Unwillingnesslet us be charitableto carry though any coherent correspondence between objects, themes, even often characters, leaves us with an incoherence that does not register as an aesthetic challenge, but simply as a careless mess. 28.8. It makes you a little bit scared, and it's really quite terrifying." 5.8. Find Stephanie Stumph Photos stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. He hid the orchestra under the stage to find a better communion between the audience and the stage without the barrier of the orchestra. 28.7. Review: A New Ring at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic. Thursday August 04 2022, 12.00pm, The Times Valentin Schwarz's Bayreuth Festival Ring suffered yet another mishap during Act II of Die Walkre . 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. With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration. 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. You might even say, in true Wagnerian manner, that this was a cursed Ring Cycle. 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. The incidents will now be investigated..