Stage design Rainer Sellmaier 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. theartsdesk at the Bayreuth Festival Ring 2022 - a jumbled mess of ideas, some of them compelling A Tarantino-style Ring cycle offers many inspired scenes, but little coherence or depth by Gavin Dixon Tuesday, 09 August 2022 Share Egils Silins as Wotan (left), Daniel Kirch as Loge (right) All images Bayrether Festspeiel/Enrico Nawrath Tannhuser His voice is bigger and denser comparing to the tenors usually cast for this part. 30.7. He designed his work as a great social drama, dealing with power, greedand intrigue in the pantheonand on Earth. E-mail: editor@wagneropera.net. It seems to speak more than anything of lack of acquaintance with Wagners work andwhich may or may not be fairsheer laziness. 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. Ukrainian women rock! Fullness and bloom of voice were often as impressive as her sheer resolve to get on with it. The Festspielorchester is probably the greatest orchestra playing Wagner and it really shows. The audience, as much as the artists, must be prepared for a performance." Die galten offenbar der Regie von Valentin Schwarz. 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. It tried to do too much, some of it interesting and thought-provoking, too much of it merely distracting and inconsequential. 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. 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. Ergibt sie was? Berlin, Germany . All of the leitmotifs were clearly expressed in the orchestra and all sections were completely balanced. Casting. This article was originally written in German, Sexism allegations overshadow Bayreuth Festival. 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. Konrad Nachtigal Armin Kolarczyk 30.8. Innovation. 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 Stefan Herheim om samarbeidet med Gatti etc. His timbre is completely even and balanced from low to high, presenting a clear, round sound. Christa Mayer, Okka von der Damerau, Olafin Sigundason Shine in Valentin Schwarzs Confused Productions. 2022 (683) December 2022 (43) November 2022 (58 ) October 2022 . 8.8. Alberich Olafur Sigurdarson He hid the orchestra under the stage to find a better communion between the audience and the stage without the barrier of the orchestra. Grane Igor Schwab, Valentin Schwarz (director) There is no magic helmet either, therefore no invisibility or transformation into giant snakes or small toads. divisive production of Der Ring des Nibelungen. "The Ring is a massive family epic in almost Greek format and is therefore made for a cinematic approach," Schwarz explains in the trailer for the fourth part of the series, namely "Gtterdmmerung," or "Twilight of the Gods.". Der fliegende Hollnder Utbildning. Instead, though, we end up with something that trivially disrupts the very parallelism the production seems to wish to construct between Wotan and Alberich, and arguably has more than a pinch of ableism to it. 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. 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. 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. Eingesprungen fr den an Corona erkrankten Dirigenten Pietari Inkinen ist Cornelius Meister. Lea-Ann Dunbar, Stephanie Houtzeel and Katie Stevenson portrayed the three Rhinemaidens. 8/13, 8/16, 8/23) Advertisement Those attending this. 27.7. 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. Donner Raimund Nolte Conversely, Wilhelm Schwinghammer gave a strong interpretation of the short role of Fafner. 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. Walther von der Vogelweide Magnus Vigilius Tannhuser " Gorgeous acoustics " Aug 2019 Great performance and great acoustics! Controversy was in full force as the second run of performances of the Bayreuths Ring des Nibelungen kicked off on August 10. (Schwarzwlder Bote), Schnitzeljagd fr Wagner-Nerds: Der schreckliche Drache ist ein todkranker, uralter Mann. Austrian director Valentin Schwarzs new Ring presents the bold and searing idea that the original sin that drives Wagners world of power is the abuse of children. Luis August Krawen, Bayreuth Festival Chorus (chorus master: Eberhard Friedrich) Robe On Location. 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. Mezzo-soprano Christa Mayer sang the role of Fricka with her powerful dark sound and an astonishing low register. 16.8. sponsoring strategy to finance the non-profit organization organizing a local referendum that aims to make the city of Bayreuth climate neutral until 2030 (Matthias Lachenmann), Der Bayreuther Ring-Regisseur Valentin Schwarz inszeniert Wagners groes Musikdrama um Gold und Gier, Zwerge und Drachen als moderne Serie ber eine verkorkste Familie. Herzlich willkommen auf der offiziellen Facebook-Seite der Bayreuther. Valentin Schwarzs production of the four-opera epic presents human characters with relations even more tangled than usual. Concert Classique. 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. 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. 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. Hans Schwarz Andreas Hrl Jul 2021 - Nov 2022 1 year 5 months. 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. The British soprano has a big, dark sound with a marked but stable vibrato. Rarely if ever before, though, can they have been so recklessly divested of all character, even much in the way of motivation, and for that to have been the fate of dwarves, giants, heroes, and humans too. 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. A tale of sex und crime: Just who are the Nibelungs? 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). More than 50,000 spectators attended this years Festival. Per-Erik Skramstad - Wagneropera.net. 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). We can give unqualified recommendations for the two (2) streams listed below: Radio Clasica de Espana KEY TO READING THE SCHEDULE Kunz Vogelgesang Tansel Akzeybek Juli 2022 um 20:25 Uhr bearbeitet. 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 was the year after Wieland Wagner had died; to be able to see his productions was a total knock-out. Er hofft auf die anderen drei Teile. Ein ereignisreicher Abend mit berragenden, traurigen und mittelmigen Momenten. 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. He possesses a lyrical instrument with modest volume but serious difficulties in the higher range (I always take into consideration that the singer might not be at his best on the night of the show) as shown in his opening line Vollender das ewige werk. Here, he had to take an extra short breath to prepare the high F, breaking the fluidity of the line. (JPr) 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. 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. 28.7. However, as I noted in my review of his Gtterdmmerung, he has lost volume and harmonics in his higher register. Boston, Massachusetts, United States . And it is this concept that provides the foundation for the production. The Bayreuth Festival in Germany has announced its 2023 program. (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. He dies at the front of the stage as Isolde remains trapped at the back, unable to cross the central oval. 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. Germany Bayreuth Festival 2022 - Wagner, Gtterdmmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Cornelius Meister (conductor). The festspielhaus in Bayreuth is possibly the most unique opera house in the world. He imprinted a sense of power and vitality to the score. Andy Besuch (costumes) It is by any standards climactic. 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. 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. Second Norn Stphanie Mther It is by any standards climactic. 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 . 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. After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. Gnther Groissbock canceled a year ago. Gutrune (Elisabeth Teige), taking a selfie, and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky) on the sofa. In addition to "Tristan and Isolde" and the "Ring" series, the operas "Lohengrin" and "Tannhuser" will be performed in addition tolast year's "Flying Dutchman," conducted by Oksana Lyniv,the first femaleconductor at the Bayreuth Festival. Ekaterina Gubanova was a brilliant Brangne. Nov. 2022 - Dez. Concert with excerpts from Tannhuser, Rienzi and Tristan und Isolde. 19.8. Please check if you entered the email address correctly. A new production of Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" at the Bayreuth Festival was called off for now. connection * Tout l'univers de l'art lyrique. This year he can confirmthat former Chancellor Angela Merkel will beshowing up. 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. 14.8. Woglinde Lee-an Dunbar Der fliegende Hollnder While most productions are usually planned years in advance, director Roland Schwab was only commissioned to take on this a new production of Wagners masterpiece in December 2021, leaving the creative team seven months to design, present the project, build the production, and rehearse it. in 2020 the festival was cancelled, 2021 Bayreuth was a shaky affairtoo uncertain for a mammoth ring project. This button displays the currently selected search type. 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 Last year saw ascaled-down schedule and audience in Bayreuth, butfestival director Katharina Wagneris pleased to confirm areturn to full capacity in 2022. At the most exciting musical theatre festival in the world. 25.7.2021 performance and streamed (directed by Andy Sommer) for a limited time on DG Stage. There is no Wotan spear at all, an element that plays a crucial importance throughout the whole Ring cycle. I understand the idea of focusing in human relationships and setting the action in modern times to make these challenges operas more accessible to modern audiences. Third Norn Kelly God Thursday August 04 2022, 12.00pm, The Times Valentin Schwarz's Bayreuth Festival Ring suffered yet another mishap during Act II of Die Walkre . It is a competitive market. Cornelius Meister and Valentin Schwarz. There were also four performances of Der fliegende Hollnder, five performances of Lohengrin, five performances of Tannhuser, and two concerts under the musical direction of Andris Nelsons. Konrad Kuhn (dramaturgy) Too often, though, the cycle was a patchwork, coming briefly into focus and then slipping out of it again. 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. Da wird Regisseur Valentin Schwarz moralisch: Es sind die Kinder, unser aller Hoffnung. 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 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. Robe Deutschland im Home Office Videoreihe. Lohengrin Further reviews may be found at http://boulezian.blogspot.com. 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. Her performance was rotund and strong, giving an emotional characterization. "We are very happy to be virtually sold-out.". Nathalie Stutzmann et Alexandre Tharaud. Schwarzs cycle was a further milestone in Bayreuths continuing loss of authority and direction. The cycle nevertheless produced good moments. He offered a strong characterization from the cynical and lively mariner in Act one to the hopeless friend in Act three. 27.7. Johannes Brahms Symphonie Nr. The air is boiling in the Festspielhaus, which has neither air conditioning to speak of nor modern fire protection. (JPr) 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. The Rheingold is personified by a small boy wearing a yellow cap and T-shirt; therefore Alberich kidnaps the boy from the swimming pool instead of stealing pieces of gold. Festspiel Open Air The focus was on the two new productions of "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and "Tristan und Isolde". Press Release Stuttgart, 25 February 2022. Clay Hilley, a very late substitute as Siegfried, did more than could reasonably be asked of him. A revampedversion of the opera cycle "The Ring of the Nibelung" is also eagerly awaited. Das Rheingold Cornelius Meister offered a passionate reading of the score. 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. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Siegfried Clay Hilley The singers drew a. Okt. How healthy are India's 1.4 billion people? Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH 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. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Alexander Meier-Drzenbach on La bohme. Tristan und Isolde The Bayreuth Festival (German: Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Of course, the heated atmosphere could also be symbolic of the current situation . Poscher managed to dilate the time of each silence to the extreme, creating a strong effect of tension. Was erzhlt Wagner, was erzhlt Schwarz, was ergibt die Differenz. Walther von Stolzing Klaus Florian Vogt Avant-garde pioneer artist Mary Bauermeister has died, Belgian court paves way for Iran prisoner swap treaty, Palestinians in occupied West Bank live with uncertainty, Thousands of migrants have died in South Texas. 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. 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. Reinmar von Zweter Wilhelm Schwinghammer Wellgunde Stephanie Houtzeel But when the Bayreuth Festival Theater opened in 1876, with the premiere of his full "Ring of the Nibelung" a four-opera, 15 . Veit Pogner Georg Zeppenfeld Reinhard Traub (lighting) The timbrical richness of Wagners orchestration was solid, but I consider that this interpretation relied strongly on the dynamics. Tannhuser Stephen Gould Olafur Sigurdarsons Alberich and Albert Dohmens were typically intelligent portrayals, founded in the poem and employing its musical marriage to considerable effect. "I thought I'd just tell people about the festival idea and how a festival day works.". But Schwabs ending seems to posit for the immortality of love. Die Walkre Walkrenritt Die Walkre Abschied und Feuerzauber (Gnther Groissbck) Tenor: Klaus Florian Vogt, Die Walkre Act 1 Live streams; Bayreuth concerts. Bayreuth Festival Tickets 2023 Buy Now Since the Bayreuth Festival reopened in 1951, Bayreuth Festival tickets have sold out year after year. Tannhuser (Mnchner Merkur), Das Rheingold in Bayreuth: Poolparty mit Kindesentfhrung. 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. Lighting Reinhard Traub 1.9. The third act, though, was much better, a sense of form as living structure once again imparted. 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. Most of the various Wotans (there were three) were adequate rather than notable. 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. In the cinema Reichshof. operacast - Bayreuth 2022 INTERNET BROADCAST SCHEDULE BROADCASTS & REBROADCASTS July 25 through August 6, 2022 . 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. ESPRITE Racer 2 - TRANSFERABLE LED ENGINE. The orchestra and chorus of the festival sounded beautiful, strong, and full of emotion. In an abstract stage design, he had colors splashed against white walls. Valentin Schwarz erntet fr seine wenig schlssige Neuinszenierung von Richard Wagners Ring des Nibelungen fast einhellige Ablehnung. (Martin Kettle, The Guardian), Das Licht der Welt erblicken auch zwei Kinder, die wir im Vorspiel in einer Videoprojektion sehen, die sich wohl schon im Mutterleib spinnefeind sind Wotan und sein Schatten (C. G. Jung) Alberich. Freia Elisabeth Teige Biterolf Olafur Sigurdarson Ein Nachtwchter Gnther Groissbck, July 2021: 26 Opera is thriving. Der Auftakt mit Das Rheingold war brav und fern von groartig. The Bayreuth Festival 2022 25.7. Bereits in 211 Tagen wird das Zurich Film Festival wieder stattfinden . 30.7. Lohengrin Excerpts. Lohengrin 13.8. They take everything personally. Oskar Manni Laudenbach. Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Order forms for the 2023 Bayreuth Festival will be sent out in the first half of December. Le Gateau Chocolat (Kyle Patrick) Reinhard Traub (lighting) Heftige Buhgewitter gab es auch. 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.
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