Barrie Kosky und seine ungewöhnlichen Meistersinger in Bayreuth

By Michael Vieth, 02 August 2021

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“Volle prägte mit nahezu unfassbaren stimmlichen und spielerischen Reserven diesen Bayreuther Sachs”

Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 1 August 2021

Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Philippe Jordan, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Rebecca Ringst, Set Designer

Klaus Bruns, Costume Designer

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Ulrich Lenz, Director

Michael Volle, Hans Sachs

Klaus Florian Vogt, Walther von Stolzing

Georg Zeppenfeld, Veit Pogner

Camilla Nylund, Eva

Bo Skovhus, Sixtus Beckmesser

Daniel Behle, David

Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Magdalena

Andreas Hörl, Hans Schwarz

Christopher Kaplan, Ulrich Eisslinger

Ric Furman, Augustin Moser

Timo Riihonen, Hans Foltz

Werner Van Mechelen, Fritz Kothner

Martin Homrich, Balthasar Zorn

Armin Kolarczyk, Konrad Nachtigall

Tansel Akzeybek, Kunz Vogelgesang

Raimund Nolte, Hermann Ortel

Günther Groissböck, Nightwatchman

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

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*****

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****1

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****1

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*****

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Peter Quantrill, 1st May

The latest, thrilling instalment of Barrie Kosky's Ring cycle at Covent Garden does not have to strain for contemporary relevance.

*****

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Barrie Kosky's new production of Philip Glass' Akhnaten for Komische Oper at the Schillertheater removes any egyptological references.

****1

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.