Goldlicht auf Trümmerbühne: Tristan und Isolde in Bayreuth

Camilla Nylund (Isolde)

Andreas Schager (Tristan) und Camilla Nylund (Isolde)

Alexander Grassauer (Melot) und Günther Groissböck (Marke)

Tristan und Isolde

Andreas Schager (Tristan)

Camilla Nylund (Isolde)

By Michael Vieth, 12 August 2025

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“Bychkov gestaltete mit dem Festspielorchester überbordende Klangfülle”

Reviewed at Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on 10 August 2025

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

Semyon Bychkov, Conductor

Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson, Director

Vytautas Narbutas, Set Designer

Sibylle Wallum, Costume Designer

Sascha Zauner, Lighting Designer

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Andreas Schager, Tristan

Camilla Nylund, Isolde

Günther Groissböck, King Marke

Jordan Shanahan, Kurwenal

Ekaterina Gubanova, Brangäne

TBC, Melot

Daniel Jenz, Shepherd

Lawson Anderson, Helmsman

Matthew Newlin, Young seaman

The triumph of virtue: Rossini’s Cenerentola in Brisbane

Sandra Bowdler, 29th April

Margarita Gritskova leads a fine ensemble performance of Rossini’s most under-appreciated opera by Opera Queensland.

****1

Grigolo shines in a mixed new Roméo et Juliette at the Opera di Roma

Pia Maltri, 28th April

With its 1940s setting, Luca Del Fusco’s direction alienates in a new production of Gounod's Shakespeare-inspired opera.

***11

Romeo Castellucci directs a new Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 26th April

The Italian director makes his long-awaited Italian operatic debut at the Teatro alla Scala in a production which perfectly mirrors Debussy’s most enigmatic creation.

****1

Chiaroscuro extinguished: a self-indulgent Poppea in Copenhagen

Mengguang Huang, 26th April

Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

Wretches like us: the LPO’s concert Wozzeck cuts to the quick

Peter Quantrill, 25th April

Beautifully prepared singing and playing brings out the tender side to Berg's modernist classic as part of the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival.

****1

Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

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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.

Goldlicht auf symbolreicher Trümmerbühne: Tristan und Isolde in Bayreuth