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. Robe On Location. 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. Denn was ist tatschlich das Kostbarste? Sat 24 Jun 2023 Kindheitstraum Festival 2023 Speichersdorf, Germany. Its also completely comprehensible, something rarely common nowadays in the world of Regietheater. Culcha Candela. 3. Luis August Krawen, Bayreuth Festival Chorus (chorus master: Eberhard Friedrich) Heinrich der Schreiber Jorge Rodrguez-Norton Auch Klaus Florian Vogt kann begeistern, selbst wenn ihm die Partie eigentlich zu tief liegt. Meanwhile, tenor Glaser has a guttural emission with small projection and blurred diction. Of course, the heated atmosphere could also be symbolic of the current situation . Costumes by Andy Besuch. Allein schon (musik-)historisch hochinteressant, ist diese CD ein beeindruckendes Hrerlebnis und ffnet das Fenster in ein bewegtes, erschttertes 16. (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. Press Release Stuttgart, 25 February 2022. 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. Nathalie Stutzmann et Alexandre Tharaud. 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. Jahrhundert. DE. 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. It is a competitive market. He hid the orchestra under the stage to find a better communion between the audience and the stage without the barrier of the orchestra. Excerpts from Die Walkre, Lohengrin, Parsifal and Gtterdmmerung will be heard. Hagen Albert Dohmen 16.8. Andrea Cozzi (designs) Raimund Nolte and Attilio Glaser were simply correct as Donner and Froh. (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. Even Cornelius Meisters conducting, a solid highlight of the previous three evenings, proved more mixed here. The Rhinemaidens and Norns were all very good. Bass Georg Zeppenfeld, who had appeared at Die Walkre as Hunding, sang the role of King Marke. Markus Poscher offered an emotional reading of the score, giving special emphasis to the multiple crescendos and silences throughout. Im not implying that the productions should be classical and represent faithfully all the actions of the story. But Schwabs ending seems to posit for the immortality of love. There will be eight different performances out of a total of only 10 Wagner operas that the composer allowed to be performed at the Festspielhaus. Wellgunde Stephanie Houtzeel 22.8. His last line:Isolde!, sung with hushed piannisimi, was breathtaking. Gralsritter Tansel Akzeybek In Bayreuth, even less is happening in a new production that director Roland Schwab took care of. Okka von der Damerau sang the short but lucid role of Erda. In the cinema Reichshof. 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. 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. Stage design Rainer Sellmaier Her successor, Olaf Scholz, will not be attending the premiere of "Tristan und Isolde," but minister of state for culture Claudia Rothwill be there. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Knappe Martin Homrich Stream songs including "Parsifal: Vorspiel - Act 1 (Remastered 2023, Bayreuth 1962)", "Parsifal: He! It is not freely associating; indeed, it is barely associating at all. (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. Broadcasts from the Bayreuth festival A production by Wolfgang Wagner (1970) Audio. 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. 2022/07/26. More information is available on the official website of the festival. Conductor Cornelius Meister had to step in on very short notice to replace a sick colleague. Knappe Alexandra Steiner Berlin, Deutschland . 8.8. Stefan Herheim om samarbeidet med Gatti etc. 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. 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. 30.7. They take everything personally. But the tessitura of this role in this opera is mostly central so Silins performance was mostly correct. Theres also a dark sky full of stars for Acts two and three. In the cinema Reichshof. 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. . The fact that the COVID pandemic is not yet over has become painfully apparent in Bayreuth. Monday, January 9, 2023 Alessandro nell'Indie and Bruno de S win Forum Opera readers' poll. Stefan Herheim om samarbeidet med Gatti etc. The Diskurs Bayreuth series of events took place as a supporting program for the seventh time. Nobody had done that on the stage before. Siegfried Der Ring des Nibelungen NYT Critic's Pick. Ulrich Eisslinger Christopher Kaplan Hermann Ortel Raimund Nolte Cornelius Meister (conductor), At Wagners Festival, a Dutchman Never Sails. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Further reviews may be found at http://boulezian.blogspot.com. There were some splendid passages too, but this was not a vintage night for Wagner musically. Flosshilde Katie Stevenson, Valentin Schwarz (director) Ein junger Hirt Katharina Konradi (7/27, 8/2, 8/5), Alexandra Steiner ( (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). 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. Home. 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 . The title roles are interpreted by Stephen Gould and Catherine Foster, the other . Their sound is precise and has a sense of perfection, polish, and passion at the same time. 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. (. Der fliegende Hollnder But when the Bayreuth Festival Theater opened in 1876, with the premiere of his full "Ring of the Nibelung" a four-opera, 15 . The singers drew a. Kundry Petra Lang Director Barrie Kosky Live streams; Bayreuth concerts. Lohengrin A girl, who may or may not be the same as one also marked out at the swimming pool, who in turn may or may not be the same as the one Erda a little later seemed keen to protect, seems at times to take on the mantle of the ring, although there is also from time to time a ring too (which, given generally dim lighting, most of us can barely see). Opera is thriving. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Siegfried Clay Hilley (Some might argue racism too; let us leave that for another day. Get your tickets here! New Ring cycles are springing up as the worlds opera houses get back into their rhythms after the pandemic. Balthasar Zorn Martin Homrich No one would be happier than I to admit he was wrong if so. The British soprano has a big, dark sound with a marked but stable vibrato. (Bernhard Neuhoff, BR Klassik), Nachdem man den ersten beiden Abenden viel Positives abgewinnen konnte, berrascht nun Cornelius Meister mit einem zupackenden Dirigat und gutem Zusammenspiel mit dem Orchester, whrend die Solisten leider schwcheln und die Inszenierung vielen Zuschauern den letzten Nerv raubt. 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. Reinhard Traub (lighting) (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Tristan - Stephen GouldMarke - Georg ZeppenfeldIsolde - Catherine FosterKurwenal - Markus EicheMelot - Olafur SigurdarsonBrangne - Ekaterina GubanovaEin Hir. 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. 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. Characterisation would help, to put it mildly, but so would a sense of the political and indeed the religiousof context whether broadly, specifically, or both (ideally). Tristan und Isolde 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. 20.8. (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. Cornelius Meister offered a passionate reading of the score. At the most exciting musical theatre festival in the world. Der fliegende Hollnder Das Rheingold Utbildning. The two Brnnhildes (Daniela Khler took the role in Siegfried, with Theorin in the other two operas) were as commanding as the role requires. Sixtus Beckmesser Johannes Martin Krnzle (Bo Skovhus 26.7.) The ring we see this year is actually supposed to premiere in 2020, unsurprisingly due to the corona pandemic. August 2021: 1, 8, 12, 17, 24, Conductor Axel Kober Der Beginn einer groen spannenden Sage? Ein Nachtwchter Gnther Groissbck, July 2021: 26 The performances of the Walkre will be framed by commissioned works in various artistic genres that mirror, comment on, continue or re-experience all parts of the Ring des Nibelungen. Bayreuth Festival 2023 in Bavaria - Dates Best time to go to Bavaria Bayreuth Festival 2023 Feel the atmosphere of the most prestigious opera festival dedicated to a single composer-Richard Wagner Share Last updated: October 21, 2022 See all BoblyP Dates July 24-August 28, 2023 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Remind Me With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration. 5 months ago After 29 performances in the Festspielhaus, the 110th Bayreuth Festival comes to a successful close today. These bare stagings, where everything was done with lighting. Eingesprungen fr den an Corona erkrankten Dirigenten Pietari Inkinen ist Cornelius Meister. Bayreuth festivalValentin Schwarzs new staging of Wagners epic has some thought-provoking moments, but few were sustainable and most were just distracting. There will also be a festival atmosphere at the outdoor theater. 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. And it is this concept that provides the foundation for the production. "That's why I already feel very comfortable and at home in the 'Ring' production," he said. Nov. 2022 - Dez. There is no shame in that; many conductors, at the best of times, are more successful in some parts of the Ring than others. " Gorgeous acoustics " Aug 2019 Great performance and great acoustics! The only truly standout performance was Lise Davidsens Sieglinde, a performance for the ages. The focus was on the two new productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen and Tristan und Isolde. Wellgunde Stephanie Houtzeel 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. Last year saw ascaled-down schedule and audience in Bayreuth, butfestival director Katharina Wagneris pleased to confirm areturn to full capacity in 2022. It works as a theatrical show. In the cinema Reichshof. Since 1876, when he first performed his Ring des Nibelungen as a cycle. 30.7. (Patrick Carnegy to The Guardian). Was erzhlt Wagner, was erzhlt Schwarz, was ergibt die Differenz. He opted for extremely low and pesante tempi for the prelude and the final scene while choosing fast tempi for the leitmotiv that announces the entry of the giants. Personal assistant Grane is still around too. It enhances it. (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. 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 He will also co-edit the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Wagner's 'Ring'. Germany Bayreuth Festival 2021 - Wagner, Der fliegende Hollnder: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). 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. He led his first Vienna Philharmonic performance in 2000. Olafur Sigurdarsons Alberich and Albert Dohmens were typically intelligent portrayals, founded in the poem and employing its musical marriage to considerable effect. The artistic outlook for the next Festival years includes promising debuts of conductor Nathalie Stutzmann in Tannhuser and conductor Pablo Heras-Casado in the new production of Parsifal, as well as the return of two great conductors, Semyon Bychkov for the new production of Tristan und Isolde in 2024 and Daniele Gatti for the new production of Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg in 2025. 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. Conversely, Wilhelm Schwinghammer gave a strong interpretation of the short role of Fafner. "We are very happy to be virtually sold-out.". Anders Larsson studerade vid Kungliga Musikhgskolan i Stockholm (Master och Diplom) ren 1990-1997.. Karrir. Today, the building is internationally famous for its excellent acoustics. Tannhuser Oksana Lyniv maked history this summer as the first woman to ever n the final pages of his Ring cycle, Wagners orchestral writing reaches extraordinary heights of grandeur and conviction, in music that depicts the destruction of an old corrupt world and the dawn of a new untainted one. 3.8. Tannhuser Clay Hilley, a very late substitute as Siegfried, did more than could reasonably be asked of him. Currently, there is a 10-year waiting list for tickets. Woglinde Lee-an Dunbar 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. In the cinema Reichshof. 25.8. But there is no magic in this production and the fight for the ring in scenes three and four is, to be blunt, ridiculous and confusing. It was the year after Wieland Wagner had died; to be able to see his productions was a total knock-out. 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. Max Emanuel Cencic chante Haendel au Festival Bayreuth Baroque 2022. Order forms for the 2023 Bayreuth Festival will be sent out in the first half of December. Please check if you entered the email address correctly. 4. Christian Thielemann. Wanda . 11.8. Meanwhile all the love scenes or Tristans suffering in Act three are staged with a symbolic theatrical language. Augustin Moser Ric Furman Wotans interventions in Das Rheingold lack the lyricism that this character has in Die Walkre. And even if Silins German diction was immaculate, it was noticeable that he was more comfortable on the few lyrical legato lines, like in the fourth actIn des morguens scheine, than in the rest of the opera where his singing is in the recitative style. It is by any standards climactic. Kirchs performance was agile, with depurated German diction, and unlimited variety of colors and dynamics. August 2022, fr klassik-begeistert.de und klassik-begeistert.at. The hall capacity will be 1925 seats. Markus Eiches lyrical baritone was ideal for the role of Kurwenal. 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. Whatever the correct interpretation is of this new ending, it does not betray the original source or make the story confused. Vor allem mit dem Familienoberhaupt gibt es Probleme. The two acclaimed open-air concerts in the Festival Park were enjoyed by more than 8000 visitors, and these concerts are to be held again next year. Reinhard Traub (lighting) In the past, the museum director has often been asked whichcelebrities will be in attendance. What we are supposed to make of that girls disappearance during the final scene, or indeed anything much in a scene that sadly had many in the audience laughing at its sheer ineptitude, I have no idea. Das Rheingold Robe lighting's technology SHED. Gtterdmmerung Gaby Reucher 07/22/2022 After two constricted pandemic years, the Bayreuth Festival is back with an unprecedented lineup of Wagner operas and full houses. Please check if you entered the email address correctly. (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. Elisabeth, Nichte des Landgrafen Lise Davidsen The festspielhaus in Bayreuth is possibly the most unique opera house in the world. 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. As the curtain fell, it triggered a fusillade of booing - along with cheering too. "I thought I'd just tell people about the festival idea and how a festival day works.". 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. Bereits in 211 Tagen wird das Zurich Film Festival wieder stattfinden . 15.8. Andreas Schager was a wonderfully manic Siegfried, ringingly dauntless throughout his name opera. Her timbre is completely round and even throughout her whole tessitura. Froh Attilio Glaser 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 . 98 (1884-1885) Wiener Symphoniker This years Discourse Bayreuth also went out into the city and into nature. Gutrune Elisabeth Teige With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration. Bass-baritone Egils Silins was a weak Wotan. His voice is bigger and denser comparing to the tenors usually cast for this part. ), Cornelius Meister. Bayreuth Festival Orchestra What for?. Die Walkre August 22, 2022 16:00:00. On the opening day of the Richard Wagner Festival, temperatures in Bayreuth are well over 30 degrees. 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. 21.8. Messen&Events. (Matthias Lachenmann), Am Sonntagabend feierte "Das Rheingold" von Regisseur Valentin Schwarz Premiere bei den Bayreuther Festspielen. Kunz Vogelgesang Tansel Akzeybek But Corona cast long shadows over Bayreuth's sweltering heat this year. However, as I noted in my review of his Gtterdmmerung, he has lost volume and harmonics in his higher register. Olafin Sigundason portrayed the wicked Alberich. Die Neuproduktion Der Ring des Nibelungen" feiert seine Premiere in der Inszenierung von Valentin Schwarz und unter der musikalischen Leitung von @corn_iusmeister . The set is a big oval chamber with an open oval on the ceiling and a central oval on the floor.Through the open ceiling we bear witness to projections of weather changes, depending on the action of the opera. Siegfried zieht ihm den Rollator weg, worauf er einen Herzschlag bekommt. Konrad Nachtigal Armin Kolarczyk He dies at the front of the stage as Isolde remains trapped at the back, unable to cross the central oval. Hans Foltz Timo Riihonen Die Walkre Throughout, Cummings - the festival director - kept a tight rein on the evening's stampede of emotions with his elegant direction from the harpsichord. Foster displayed unbelievable stamina required for this role as she finished the performance with an incredibly moving interpretation of the Liebestod. Her voice was fresh and the breath support was intact. Das Festival junger Knstler Bayreuth ist eine jhrlich zur Zeit der Bayreuther Festspiele stattfindende Veranstaltung fr junge Musiker und Knstler aus aller Welt. Per-Erik Skramstad - Wagneropera.net. Bis eines dem anderen das Auge aussticht und das andere den einen entmannt. 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. 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. The Festspielorchester is probably the greatest orchestra playing Wagner and it really shows. Grnderin und Knstlerische Produktionsleitung soundance festival berlin soundance festival berlin Jan. 2017 -Heute 6 Jahre 3 Monate. Review: A New Ring at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic. 26.8. Best of 2022: Opera A pocket 'Patience' sits alongside perfect Poulenc from Glyndebourne and concert Handel theartsdesk in Brno - a visionary at home in his 'Moravian Bayreuth . I thought it was extraordinary and wonderful." Time to take a look at the myth behind the work. The tetralogy ha. Concert Classique. 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. 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. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Hagen (Albert Dohmen) and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky). 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. Gtterdmmerung It is built entirely of wood, with one of the deepest stages in all theater. First Norn Okka von der Damerau 26.7. Home; News; Encyclopera; Our references. Casting. Other highlights from the Bayreuth Festival 2021 on DG Stage include Frank Castorf's provocative production of Der Ring .
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