(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. The third act, though, was much better, a sense of form as living structure once again imparted. But these perfect conditions for acoustics leave, on the other hand, the singers completely exposed and every mistake is noticeable. 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. It enhances it. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Elisabeth Teige as Gutrune. Berlin, Deutschland . 4. 21.8. Elisabeth, Nichte des Landgrafen Lise Davidsen He received one of the greatest ovations of the night. August 2021: 1, 8, 12, 17, 24, Conductor Axel Kober 24.8. The singers will be Christine Goerke, Gnther Groissbck and Klaus Florian Vogt. ", "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. 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. These bare stagings, where everything was done with lighting. 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. This years Discourse Bayreuth also went out into the city and into nature. Bass-baritone Egils Silins was a weak Wotan. 5.8. . An evening between Richard Wagner and Heiner Mller, exploring the path from TRISTAN UND ISOLDE to Heiner Mller's play QUARTETT, with texts by both authors and music by Wagner, arranged by Ingo Kerkhof and Gerhard Ahrens as part of the event series Diskurs Bayreuth of the Bayreuth Festival 2022 in the cinema Reichshof. Costumes Rainer Sellmaier Eine Altstimme Simone Schrder, Puristen-Parsifal: Thielemann rockt (Festspielblog.de), Christian Thielemann dirigiert in einer starken Bayreuther Saison einen genialen Parsifal im Festspielhaus (Frankfurter Rundschau), Sopran: Christine Goerke Conductor Cornelius Meister had to step in on very short notice to replace a sick colleague. Video Manuel Braun 22.8. With an auditorium in which his music unfolds like in no other theatre in the world. Kundry Petra Lang He designed his work as a great social drama, dealing with power, greedand intrigue in the pantheonand on Earth. 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). Listen to Wagner: Parsifal by Hans Knappertsbusch by Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Bayreuth Festival Chorus on Apple Music. Tomas Konieczny, who sang Wotan, fell on the set in the second act of Die Walkre and had to be replaced for the third act of that opera. Connoisseurs, friends, skeptics they all come to the green hill every summer to explore his legacy, away from the great centres of culture. 3. That said, Gould shined in lyrical sections such as O sinkhernieder, nacht der liebe or So starben wir in Act two and the calmer moments during his long scene in act three, where the vocal writing is central and demands legato singing. 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. This role, along with Siegfried, are probably the longest and hardest roles for tenor ever written, and the American tenor sang both of them at this edition of Wagners festival which shows his tremendous stamina and vocal technique. 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. She masterfully sustained the uncomfortable tessitura for a mezzo-soprano, with multiple sections written between E flat and A natural. Hagen Albert Dohmen His timbre is completely even and balanced from low to high, presenting a clear, round sound. Olafin Sigundason portrayed the wicked Alberich. Lyrical art highlights; Legends of Opera . Eva Camilla Nylund Find live music near you. What Now? Festspielhgel 1-2 It works as a theatrical show. Stefan Herheim om samarbeidet med Gatti etc. If the chorus was far from overwhelming in the Vassals Scene, perhaps Covid restrictions were still in play; it looked as well as sounded smaller than usual. It was there, but Brnnhilde kept it, storing up various trouble for a final scene to the first act. (Klnische Rundschau), Nach 25 Minuten kommt es in jedem Rheingold zum Schwur. Reply. 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. 30.7. Verdi, Beethoven, Tchakovski. 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. 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. Festspielhgel 1-2 Currently, there is a 10-year waiting list for tickets. Im not implying that the productions should be classical and represent faithfully all the actions of the story. 95445 Bayreuth. The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. Hans Foltz Timo Riihonen Gtterdmmerung So many important questions, moreover, are treated similarly. Concert Classique. Poscher managed to dilate the time of each silence to the extreme, creating a strong effect of tension. His last line:Isolde!, sung with hushed piannisimi, was breathtaking. Christa Mayer, Okka von der Damerau, Olafin Sigundason Shine in Valentin Schwarzs Confused Productions. Johannes Brahms Symphonie Nr. 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. Several female employees at the music festival were allegedly groped, including festival director Katharina Wagner, underscoring the prevalence of everyday sexism in Germany. 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. 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. 20.8. Elisabeth Teige was a strong Freia, giving entity and strength to a role which is usually portrayed as a weak young girl. 2. Siegfried Second Norn Stphanie Mther Festspiel Open Air (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Not having been there, I can only speculate, but many have said it improved radically during its stint, a tribute to Bayreuths Werkstatt principle. (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. Hagens return right at the end, stumbling on to shout Zurck vom Ring (is he advising people to stay away from himself?) Le Gateau Chocolat (Kyle Patrick) 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. 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. Theres also a dark sky full of stars for Acts two and three. 27.7. Last year saw ascaled-down schedule and audience in Bayreuth, butfestival director Katharina Wagneris pleased to confirm areturn to full capacity in 2022. 5 months ago After 29 performances in the Festspielhaus, the 110th Bayreuth Festival comes to a successful close today. The Bayreuth Festival A theatre created for a single composer: the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. Wir wnschen allen Beteiligten Toi Toi Toi! 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. Olafur Sigurdarsons Alberich and Albert Dohmens were typically intelligent portrayals, founded in the poem and employing its musical marriage to considerable effect. Per-Erik Skramstad - Wagneropera.net. The air is boiling in the Festspielhaus, which has neither air conditioning to speak of nor modern fire protection. (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. Mezzo-soprano Christa Mayer sang the role of Fricka with her powerful dark sound and an astonishing low register. Freia Elisabeth Teige Conversely, Wilhelm Schwinghammer gave a strong interpretation of the short role of Fafner. 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). There is no reason to think that the rest of the work will not follow in time. 2021 - Mrz 2022 6 Monate. Nur: Was interessieren uns die Geissens? Fullness and bloom of voice were often as impressive as her sheer resolve to get on with it. The singers drew a. Andrea Cozzi (designs) 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. The fact that the COVID pandemic is not yet over has become painfully apparent in Bayreuth. 1.9. Intermission The focus was on the two new productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen and Tristan und Isolde. (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. Orchestre de Paris et Ariane Matiakh : Faur, Strauss. 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. Gaby Reucher, Deutsche Welle 7/22/2022. The two Brnnhildes (Daniela Khler took the role in Siegfried, with Theorin in the other two operas) were as commanding as the role requires. Olafur Sigurdarson was a fine and plausible Alberich. 2022 - 2023. "We are very happy to be virtually sold-out.". 30.7. 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. 19.8. More than 50,000 spectators attended this years Festival. August 07, 2022 When the curtain fell on the new production of Gtterdmmerung on Friday, it drew the worst storm of audience hostility that veteran Wagner watchers can recall. "That's why I already feel very comfortable and at home in the 'Ring' production," he said. Siegfried On the opening day of the Richard Wagner Festival, temperatures in Bayreuth are well over 30 degrees. Gutrune (Elisabeth Teige), taking a selfie, and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky) on the sofa. Der erzhlt die Handlung der "Walkre" weiter als Familiensaga im Netflix-Stil. Leave a Reply . 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. A new production of Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" at the Bayreuth Festival was called off for now. He dies at the front of the stage as Isolde remains trapped at the back, unable to cross the central oval. Raimund Nolte and Attilio Glaser were simply correct as Donner and Froh. You might even say, in true Wagnerian manner, that this was a cursed Ring Cycle. He is the author of Treacherous Bonds and Laughing Fire: Politics and Religion in Wagner's Ring (2006) and After Wagner: Histories of Modernist Music Drama from 'Parsifal' to Nono (2014). Thursday August 04 2022, 12.00pm, The Times Valentin Schwarz's Bayreuth Festival Ring suffered yet another mishap during Act II of Die Walkre . 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. DE. Home; News; Encyclopera; Our references. Okt. 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. It is built entirely of wood, with one of the deepest stages in all theater. Kunz Vogelgesang Tansel Akzeybek Titurel Gnther Groissbck operacast - Bayreuth 2022 INTERNET BROADCAST SCHEDULE BROADCASTS & REBROADCASTS July 25 through August 6, 2022 . 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. #BFRing22 ALT 4 26 122 Show this thread Turning a horse into a man in a suit does not seem much compensation, or even relevant. 8/13, 8/16, 8/23) More than 50,000 spectators attended this year's Festival. Select from premium Stephanie Stumph Photos of the highest quality. 2022 gab Bruno de S sein Debt in dem vom Countertenor Max . Her characterization was intense but believable and she deftly portrayed all the extreme feelings Isolde goes through, from anger and revenge to unconditional love and ecstasy. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). 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. CD-Rezension: War and Faith - Krieg und Glaube" Werke von Andrea Gabrieli, Giorgio Mainiero, Clment Jannequin, Matthias Hermann Personal assistant Grane is still around too. Amfortas Michael Volle Instead of action and characters developed from the inside out, Schwab and stage designer Piero Viciguerra rely on the aesthetics of their scenery. Illuminating ideas were not followed through and in truth were not often sustainable. More information is available on the official website of the festival. 2022-06-22 M Albrecht Budapest . Bayreuth Festival 2022 Review: Tristan und Isolde Catherine Foster Shines in Roland Schwab's Beautiful Production By Mauricio Villa While taking in a divisive production of "Der Ring des Nibelungen ," it was quite refreshing to take in the August 12 performance of "Tristan und Isolde" and come away hearing deserved bravos and cheers. . 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 . Bayreuther Festspiele 2022; Rheingold; Insz. (Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau), Christian Thielemann bringt Bayreuth zurck, wo es musikalisch hingehrt! Bayreuther Festspiele - Bayreuth Festival | Bayreuth (Matthias Lachenmann), Am Sonntagabend feierte "Das Rheingold" von Regisseur Valentin Schwarz Premiere bei den Bayreuther Festspielen. Costumes by Andy Besuch. Die Walkre Walkrenritt Die Walkre Abschied und Feuerzauber (Gnther Groissbck) Der Auftakt mit Das Rheingold war brav und fern von groartig. 6.8. But Schwabs ending seems to posit for the immortality of love. 18.8. Throughout, Cummings - the festival director - kept a tight rein on the evening's stampede of emotions with his elegant direction from the harpsichord. (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. Robe On Location. There is no shame in that; many conductors, at the best of times, are more successful in some parts of the Ring than others. Third Norn Kelly God At the most exciting musical theatre festival in the world. 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. Her lyrical instrument, with a dark, round sound but sweet timbre and mesmerizing projection, was the perfect contrast to Fosters dramatic voice. How, asks Kuhn, did this nasty, this hairy and hideous imp beget a child with the proud Queen Grimhild? Perhaps using the power he has amassed by foreswearing love? 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. Bis eines dem anderen das Auge aussticht und das andere den einen entmannt. 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. Excerpts from Die Walkre, Lohengrin, Parsifal and Gtterdmmerung will be heard. The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Lea-Ann Dunbar, Stephanie Houtzeel and Katie Stevenson portrayed the three Rhinemaidens. Lohengrin Vorspiel Waltraute Christa Meyer Ukrainian women rock! Reinhard Traub (lighting) Knappe Alexandra Steiner 9.8. 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. 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. The Festspielorchester is probably the greatest orchestra playing Wagner and it really shows. 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 festspielhaus in Bayreuth is possibly the most unique opera house in the world. Germany Bayreuth Festival 2021 - Wagner, Der fliegende Hollnder: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Oksana Lyniv (conductor).
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