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Die 25.000ste Rezension von Bachtrack markiert 15 Jahre weltweite Berichterstattung über klassische Musik und Tanz. Entdecken Sie ausführliche, professionell redigierte Rezensionen in mehreren Sprachen aus 37 Ländern – und ziehen Sie Ihren Hut vor unseren wunderbaren Redakteur*innen und Rezensent*innen.

Der ikonoklastische spanische Regisseur spricht über seine Neuinszenierung von Mussorgskys Chowanschtschina in Genf – und über den chaotischen, anarchischen, utopischen Kampf der Opernregie.

Anton Bruckner, genannt „Tonerl“, verbrachte seine Kindheit im ländlichen Ansfelden in Oberösterreich. Auf seinem Lebensweg nach Sankt Florian und Wien hinterließ Bruckner einen bleibenden Eindruck bei Musikern und Zuhörern gleichermaßen.

Die norwegische Sopranistin spricht über das richtige Timing ihrer Karriere, neue Rollen und das Ausschlagen der Angebote, die auf ihren Operalia-Erfolg folgten.

Wagner, der sich auf das Konzept des Gesamtkunstwerks stützt, ist vor allem für seine herausragenden Musikdramen bekannt, nicht zuletzt für den monumentalen, 15-stündigen Ring-Zyklus.

Wir sprechen mit dem Bassbariton James Rutherford über seine Rolle als Hans Sachs in einer Neuinszenierung von Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg bei den Wagner-Tagen in Budapest.

Auch wenn es „den einen unwiderruflichen Originalklang nicht geben kann", Concerto Köln und Kent Nagano versuchen sich dennoch an Wagners Ring.

Während er auf den Schwan wartet, der ihn in eine neue Inszenierung führt, spricht Klaus Florian Vogt über Lohengrin und seine anderen Wagner-Rollen.

Bei den Wagner Tagen Budapest 2018 wird der Schöpfer Tannhäuser und Tristan und Isolde dirigieren. Er spricht mit uns darüber, welche Inszenierungen dieser Opern bewegen, über Müpa und den erneuerten Ring für 2019.

From fulfilling funerary functions, to eulogising friends and fellow artists, or lamenting the waste of war: here are some of the finest examples of music written in mourning.

This February, Regents Opera stages Wagner’s complete Ring cycle at London’s York Hall. Soprano Catharine Woodward talks about embodying one of the most iconic characters in all opera: Brünnhilde.

Entretien avec un chef d'orchestre désormais bien installé entre la Belgique, la France et l'Allemagne, qui garde les pieds sur terre tout en visant les sommets – en témoigne son Ring à la Monnaie.

“Go digital!” was the brief to director Chen Shi-Zheng, who has employed cutting-edge visualisation technology and motion-tracking for the 15-hour Wagner cycle in Brisbane.

The first director of Asian descent to stage Der Ring des Nibelungen in its entirety talks about his refusal to follow existing formulas in this new production for Opera Australia.

The Latvian bass-baritone’s talks about his background in French and Italian opera, his journey to Wagner – and becoming chairman of the board of Latvian National Opera.

Cellist and Intendant of the Dresden Music Festival tells us about the festival’s new commissions, performing on stage, and connecting together musicians from around the world.

The Australian conductor compares the two grandees of the Romantic era  – both their music and their personalities.

Wagner in Singapore: we find out more from the conductor of the Orchestra of the Music Makers, who are set to perform Die Walküre for the first time in January 2020.

Opening with Mahler's epic Third Symphony – a test of any concert call – Müpa's new season brings great music and great musicians to Budapest. 

Jonas Kaufmann talks about his varied repertoire, artistic freedom and keeping his voice sounding fresh. 

Stuart Skelton explores Wagner's shattering song cycle and draws the parallels with Tristan und Isolde.

From the anthology of classical music greats there springs a surprising number of multi-faceted composers. We already know all about their musical achievements, but from Rossini to Wagner, many hide also talents as science geniuses, celebrated chefs, sporting prodigies, accomplished artists and even political pioneers. 

This year is a big year for the late, great Birgit Nilsson. Not only does 2018 mark the 100th anniversary of the Swedish soprano’s birth, but it will also mark the fourth time which the prize that bears her name will be awarded.

Der fliegende Holländer is a great entry point for those looking for a way into Wagner’s operatic oeuvre. Here, we run down the need-to-knows about this early masterwork.

The object of his desires, the wife of Wagner’s patron proved an important collaborator. 

Since 2006, the annual Budapest Wagner Days has quietly been growing into a major force for dedicated Wagnerites, the highlight of Müpa’s season.

Anton Bruckner's veneration for Wagner is well-documented. But how did Wagner's influence actually manifest itself in the Austrian composer's work?

Pierre Audi's Amsterdam Ring for De Nederlandse Opera was revived here for the Wagner bicentennial. Happily for us, this exemplary team retained sets, costumes, light and video designs and, most significantly, the energy and determination to (re)cast and undertake it all one last time.

Who were the busiest performers of 2013? And who were the most performed composers? Find out in our annual set of statistics here.

With Wagner's anniversary year in full swing, the debate surrounding the ethics of performing his music continues.

An appraisal of Robert Lepage's controversial production of the Ring cycle at the Metropolitan Opera, in its revival in 2013.

2013 sees the 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner. Love him or loathe him, it’s impossible to deny the extent of the man’s influence, and the opera world will be celebrating the anniversary with a string of Wagner productions across the globe. If you’re new to Wagner, a good place to start is Der fliegende Holländer (“The Flying Dutchman”).

On a first visit to Bayreuth, there are some things that one expects, of course: the beautiful opera house set in its park high on a hill above the city, the unique acoustic of its sunken, invisible orchestra pit, the cream of elegant German society in the grounds, wall to wall Wagner in the bookshops and names of buildings and streets. But there are also some surprises.