31.8. Gtterdmmerung 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. "I thought I'd just tell people about the festival idea and how a festival day works.". Bass Georg Zeppenfeld, who had appeared at Die Walkre as Hunding, sang the role of King Marke. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. 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. Elisabeth Teige was a strong Freia, giving entity and strength to a role which is usually portrayed as a weak young girl. Gtterdmmerung Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt 9.8. 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. Throughout, Cummings - the festival director - kept a tight rein on the evening's stampede of emotions with his elegant direction from the harpsichord. (Deutschlandfunk Kultur), Im Stil einer Netflix-Serie will der junge Regisseur Valentin Schwarz Wagners "Ring" in Bayreuth erzhlen: als Familiensaga, die in unserer Gegenwart spielt. 18.8. Things to Do in Bayreuth Festspielhaus Festspielhaus See all things to do Festspielhaus 4.5 275 #4 of 57 things to do in Bayreuth Operas Visit website Call Write a review What people are saying By law_doc89 " Wagner phile must " Aug 2022 The orchestra pit is under the stage. Controversy was in full force as the second run of performances of the Bayreuths Ring des Nibelungen kicked off on August 10. Loge Daniel Kirch 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. New Ring cycles are springing up as the worlds opera houses get back into their rhythms after the pandemic. As these final pages were reached in Valentin Schwarzs new Ring cycle at the Bayreuth festival, the conductor Cornelius Meister and the festival orchestra, in the concealed Bayreuth pit, were playing out of their skins as the score demanded. 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. Subversive: Die Walkre at Bayreuth festival. Not having been there, I can only speculate, but many have said it improved radically during its stint, a tribute to Bayreuths Werkstatt principle. 5 months ago After 29 performances in the Festspielhaus, the 110th Bayreuth Festival comes to a successful close today. German sagas form the basis for Wagner's "Ring." August 2021: 1, 8, 12, 17, 24, Conductor Axel Kober Hagen Albert Dohmen . 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. All of the leitmotifs were clearly expressed in the orchestra and all sections were completely balanced. He dies at the front of the stage as Isolde remains trapped at the back, unable to cross the central oval. Culcha Candela. Die galten offenbar der Regie von Valentin Schwarz. It works as a theatrical show. 27.7. 1.8. Der erzhlt die Handlung der "Walkre" weiter als Familiensaga im Netflix-Stil. 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. Stndig ist man am Rtseln und Entziffern. Andreas Schager was a wonderfully manic Siegfried, ringingly dauntless throughout his name opera. The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, doubtless understandably, sounded at times tired. Siegfried Magdalene Christa Mayer As an audience member, one could certainly relate. Vor allem mit dem Familienoberhaupt gibt es Probleme. The singers will be Christine Goerke, Gnther Groissbck and Klaus Florian Vogt. Hans Sachs Michael Volle It is built entirely of wood, with one of the deepest stages in all theater. The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. These bare stagings, where everything was done with lighting. Isolde finally steps back into it for the final Liebestod.. 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. The British soprano has a big, dark sound with a marked but stable vibrato. Venus Ekaterina Gubanova Was erzhlt Wagner, was erzhlt Schwarz, was ergibt die Differenz. 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. Her interpretation was chilling and full of pathos. Bayreuths audience is very passionate, and they express their approval/disapproval very loudly at the curtain calls. Denn was ist tatschlich das Kostbarste? Robe Up All Night with Black Coffee at Zamna Festival. Kirchs performance was agile, with depurated German diction, and unlimited variety of colors and dynamics. Eingesprungen fr den an Corona erkrankten Dirigenten Pietari Inkinen ist Cornelius Meister. 90 (1883) *** Symphonie Nr. International expert workshop on the digital health divide at the University of Bayreuth, Campus Kulmbach: Submit your Beliebt bei Petronela Sandulache. For those new to Wagner, the museum has also recently begun offering special tours on performance days under the theme "Festival for Beginners. 31.7. Further reviews may be found at http://boulezian.blogspot.com. Gtterdmmerung There were some splendid passages too, but this was not a vintage night for Wagner musically. Alberich Olafur Sigurdarson 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. Reinhard Traub (lighting) You might even say, in true Wagnerian manner, that this was a cursed Ring Cycle. (Some might argue racism too; let us leave that for another day. Grnderin und Knstlerische Produktionsleitung soundance festival berlin soundance festival berlin Jan. 2017 -Heute 6 Jahre 3 Monate. New on STAGE+ Opera Bayreuth's new Ring: Siegfried Valentin Schwarz 244 Min Opera Bayreuth's new Ring: Gtterdmmerung Valentin Schwarz 274 Min Opera Bayreuth's new Ring: Die Walkre Valentin Schwarz 234 Min Opera Bayreuth's new Ring: Das Rheingold Valentin Schwarz 154 Min Opera In the cinema Reichshof. 22.8. Stphanie Mther and Kelly God as two of the Norns in Bayreuth festivals staging of Gtterdmmerung. Der Auftakt mit Das Rheingold war brav und fern von groartig. Her interpretation of Einsam wachend, which is on the most beautiful melodies written in this score, was extremely moving. 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. Christa Mayer, Okka von der Damerau, Olafin Sigundason Shine in Valentin Schwarzs Confused Productions. 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. 1. Wotan Egils Silins Personal assistant Grane is still around too. 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. Broadcasts from the Bayreuth festival A production by Wolfgang Wagner (1970) Audio. Wir wnschen allen Beteiligten Toi Toi Toi! Konrad Nachtigal Armin Kolarczyk Poscher managed to dilate the time of each silence to the extreme, creating a strong effect of tension. But these perfect conditions for acoustics leave, on the other hand, the singers completely exposed and every mistake is noticeable. A version of Lohengrin created especially for children was performed ten times with great success on rehearsal stage IV. Siegfried 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. 25.7.2021 performance and streamed (directed by Andy Sommer) for a limited time on DG Stage. August 19, 2022 16:00:00. And the result was a brilliant, meaningful production which, while modern, is respectful to the music and libretto. The timbrical richness of Wagners orchestration was solid, but I consider that this interpretation relied strongly on the dynamics. (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. 30.7. 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 ", "I had the feeling that more and more people were coming to Bayreuth for the first time, rather than for 30 or 40 years," museum director Sven Friedrich toldDW. "That's an emergency situation that you can't wish for," Meister told the dpa. He overdarkens and rounds the sound which leads to him losing projection from the C upwards above the stave. Johannes Brahms Symphonie Nr. There is, it seems, no getting around thatand it is unclear why Schwarz, Kuhn, and company are so determined to try. Siegfried 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. However, as I noted in my review of his Gtterdmmerung, he has lost volume and harmonics in his higher register. Time to take a look at the myth behind the work. There is so much in these bloody pieces, all you can do is try to live up to them." The two Brnnhildes (Daniela Khler took the role in Siegfried, with Theorin in the other two operas) were as commanding as the role requires. Regarder Grand bal symphonique avec l'Orchestre national de France De Berlioz Offenbach 44 min. 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. This article was originally written in German, Sexism allegations overshadow Bayreuth Festival. 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). More information is available on the official website of the festival. Bayreuth, Bayern, Deutschland Lehrauftrag "Choreografische Praxis" Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultt, Universitt Bayreuth . Fullness and bloom of voice were often as impressive as her sheer resolve to get on with it. (Sddeutsche Zeitung), Valentin Schwarz inszeniert Rheingold bei den Bayreuther Festspielen als Auftakt seines Ring des Nibelungen. 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. 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. 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. Per-Erik Skramstad - Wagneropera.net. Balthasar Zorn Martin Homrich 2022 16:00:00. A new production of Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" at the Bayreuth Festival was called off for now. It makes you a little bit scared, and it's really quite terrifying." (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Er hofft auf die anderen drei Teile. Those attending this year's Bayreuth Festival from July 25 to September 1 can look forward to five premieres. Occasionally, some older things return, yet neither with dramatic reason nor insight. Gaby Reucher, Deutsche Welle 7/22/2022. The Bayreuth Festival in Germany has announced its 2023 program. (Keith Warner, The Guardian), "I have never come across an audience with so much hatred, so much anger, such a thirst for revenge. The Rhinemaidens and Norns were all very good. It tried to do too much, some of it interesting and thought-provoking, too much of it merely distracting and inconsequential. Reinhard Traub (lighting) 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. 15.8. Alexander Meier-Drzenbach on La bohme. Turning a horse into a man in a suit does not seem much compensation, or even relevant. Die Walkre The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. (Klaus Billand, 5. . Lohengrin 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 Lyrical art highlights; Legends of Opera . Heinrich der Schreiber Jorge Rodrguez-Norton Long considered the embodiment of German high culture, Bayreuth's opera festival is the most famous Wagner festival in the World. Fritz Kothner Werner Van Mechelen Lea-Ann Dunbar, Stephanie Houtzeel and Katie Stevenson portrayed the three Rhinemaidens. That episodic quality continued into the second act, received with unusual rapture by the audience, but which to me lunged and lurched too often, making all too little musical sense. August 2022, fr klassik-begeistert.de und klassik-begeistert.at), Tristan und Isolde conductors at Bayreuth, One of the finest monuments in sound ever to have been raised to the everlasting glory of music. He effortlessly sang a strong high G in Act three upon realizing that Isolde is finally coming to Tristans side. 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. CD-Rezension: War and Faith - Krieg und Glaube" Werke von Andrea Gabrieli, Giorgio Mainiero, Clment Jannequin, Matthias Hermann Heftige Buhgewitter gab es auch. 12.8. (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. He had actually been rehearsing "Tristan and Isolde" for this season with the Festival Orchestra; that will now be taken over by Markus Poschner, director of the Bruckner Orchestra in Linz. 25.8. Bayreuth concerts Bayreuth concerts. In the cinema Reichshof. 27.8. The heat and drought have visibly affected him. It is not freely associating; indeed, it is barely associating at all. Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 - Wagner, Gtterdmmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Cornelius Meister (conductor). There will also be a festival atmosphere at the outdoor theater. Aug. 7, 2022. Mark your calendars! (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Ho! (JPr) Festspielhgel 1-2 But the tessitura of this role in this opera is mostly central so Silins performance was mostly correct. 16.8. 07/22/2022 Several female employees at the Bayreuth classical music festival were allegedly groped, including festival director Katharina Wagner. 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. Luis August Krawen, Bayreuth Festival Chorus (chorus master: Eberhard Friedrich) 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. Fafner Wilhelm Schwinghammer Wagner built the theatre at Bayreuth with shocking innovations at that time. It comes from the extensive library of the Counts Giech, who held court in the Thurnau manor until the 19th century. Her timbre is completely round and even throughout her whole tessitura. Festspiel Open Air Whatever the correct interpretation is of this new ending, it does not betray the original source or make the story confused. Review: A New Ring at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic. Olafur Sigurdarson was a fine and plausible Alberich. NRG (Next Robe Generation) Germany. Nathalie Stutzmann et Alexandre Tharaud. Lohengrin In the cinema Reichshof. Christian Thielemann. 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. Even Cornelius Meisters conducting, a solid highlight of the previous three evenings, proved more mixed here. (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. Select from premium Stephanie Stumph Photos of the highest quality. Above them on the stage, however, Irne Theorins Brnnhilde, who is supposed to be the agent of destruction and rebirth, was settling herself on the bottom of an empty and dirty swimming pool next to the dead body of her husband Siegfried, the remains of her mutilated horse in a plastic bag, and with no suggestion at all in Schwarzs staging that a moment of artistic significance had been reached. Important castings were changed right up to the first performances, with Tomasz Konieczny injuring himself when a chair broke during Die Walkre, requiring Michael Kupfer-Radetzky to make a successful substitution at very short notice, and Clay Hilley stepping in for Stephen Gould as Siegfried in Gtterdmmerung at the last minute. Festspiel Open Air At the most exciting musical theatre festival in the world. The festival opened on Monday (July 25, 2022). 8/13, 8/16, 8/23) Woglinde Lee-an Dunbar (JPr) Oskar Manni Laudenbach. There is no shame in that; many conductors, at the best of times, are more successful in some parts of the Ring than others. (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. Herzlich willkommen auf der offiziellen Facebook-Seite der Bayreuther. 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. Does Fafner kill his brother Fasolt to keep the boy? 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. Meanwhile all the love scenes or Tristans suffering in Act three are staged with a symbolic theatrical language. Thielemann was 28 when he made his Vienna State Opera debut in 1987. They mostly sang in ensemble and their voices melded together beautifully, offering one great moment after another. Veit Pogner Georg Zeppenfeld These bare stagings, where everything was done with lighting. 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. Oksana Lyniv maked history this summer as the first woman to ever Concert with excerpts from Tannhuser, Rienzi and Tristan und Isolde. Wellgunde Stephanie Houtzeel The Bayreuth Festival 2021 will be rounded off with two concerts under the musical direction of Andris Nelsons, the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Klingsor Derek Welton Produkte. Other highlights from the Bayreuth Festival 2021 on DG Stage include Frank Castorf's provocative production of Der Ring . We can give unqualified recommendations for the two (2) streams listed below: Radio Clasica de Espana KEY TO READING THE SCHEDULE If we take into consideration that the theatre at Bayreuth has no subtitles at all, people who are unfamiliar with these operas would be completely lost or get a complete different idea from Wagners poem. 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. Lohengrin He imprinted a sense of power and vitality to the score. Frank Castorfs pretentious 2013-17 Bayreuth Ring. After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. 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. Gurnemanz Georg Zeppenfeld " Gorgeous acoustics " Aug 2019 Great performance and great acoustics! Waltraute Christa Meyer He designed his work as a great social drama, dealing with power, greedand intrigue in the pantheonand on Earth. Boston, Massachusetts, United States . The ring we see this year is actually supposed to premiere in 2020, unsurprisingly due to the corona pandemic. His timbre is completely even and balanced from low to high, presenting a clear, round sound. Loiseau de feu de Stravinsky - Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Buy tickets for every upcoming concert, festival, gig and tour date taking place in Bayreuth in 2023 & 2024. 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. August 22, 2022 16:00:00.