Performer: Wolf Gutjahr

Marcus Lobbes’ AI Ring is drawing to a close. The tension between musical excellence and the underwhelming production is clearly palpable.

Once again, one looks in vain for visual coherence in this production of Siegfried, but the cast of this Ring cycle will remain unrivalled for a long time to come.

In Die Walküre, we once again delve into absurd AI-generated visual worlds and disjointed associations. Musically, however, this Ring cycle remains well worth listening to.

Fans of Regietheater and purists alike are in for a rough ride with this new AI-generated Ring at the Bayreuth Festival, although Christian Thielemann delivers a memorable performance to mark the 150th anniversary.

A post post-modern production of Berenice threw distraction upon distraction at the audience, but was saved by good singing and orchestral playing.

Brechts scharfe Kritik an der Ausschweifung fördernden kapitalistischen Welt wird in Jochen Biganzolis Augsburger Inszenierung von Kurt Weills Mahagonny provokant herausgehoben, ohne den hintergründigen Witz mancher Cabaretszenen zu reduzieren. Auf Augenhöhe auch die Leistungen von Sänger:innen und Orchester