Performer: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Jay Scheib spices up the visual experience with digital content in his production of Parsifal. Sounds good. But is it?

Despite many perceptive details, Bayreuth's new Ring culminates in a rather damp squib of an ending.

Despite its enigmatic details, Bayreuth's Parsifal reaches a cathartic climax. 

Yuval Sharon's production returns to Bayreuth in a musically compelling performance. 

Kosky’s production manages to maintain all hallmarks of a 16th-century fairy tale, while juxtaposing them with questions of deep human, political and artistic problems. Regietheater at its best.

Yesterday, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, where devotees of Richard Wagner converge annually from all over the world, opened its doors again for this year’s festival. Traditionally presented on the first evening, the new production for this season was Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg (to use the opera’s full name), presented to a capacity audience.