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BayreuthDas RheingoldNew production
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
BayreuthDie WalküreNew production
Wagner: Die Walküre
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
BayreuthRienzi, der Letze der TribunenNew production
Wagner: Rienzi, der Letze der Tribunen
Nathalie Stutzmann; Alexandra Szemerédy; Magdolna Parditka
BayreuthSiegfriedNew production
Wagner: Siegfried
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
BayreuthGötterdämmerungNew production
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Chorus
BayreuthDer fliegende Holländer
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Oksana Lyniv; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Elena Zaytseva; Gleb Filshtinsky; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
BayreuthParsifal
Wagner: Parsifal
Pablo Heras-Casado; Jay Scheib; Mimi Lien; Meentje Nielsen; Rainer Casper; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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Das Rheingold at the Bayreuth Festival: “404 Regie not found”
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.
Parsifal in Augmented Reality at the Bayreuth Festival
Jay Scheib spices up the visual experience with digital content in his production of Parsifal. Sounds good. But is it?
Season finale: a disappointing ending to Bayreuth's Götterdämmerung
Despite many perceptive details, Bayreuth's new Ring culminates in a rather damp squib of an ending.
Drunk on ambition: Siegfried takes us deeper into a forest of ideas
Will Siegfried get his girl? Will she turn out to be his sister? And has the ultimate prize already got into the wrong hands? More posers from Bayreuth's intriguing new Ring.
From birth to death: Die Walküre gets some interesting plot twists
The plot thickens as "episode two" of Bayreuth's new Ring muddies the waters of Siegfried’s paternity and Wotan comes to regret his actions.
Family saga: Bayreuth's new Rheingold presents a story of today
The Bayreuth Festival's new Ring gets off to a promising start with a tautly directed Rheingold, but will we find out what it all means?
Uwe Eric Laufenberg’s Bayreuth take on Parsifal
Despite its enigmatic details, Bayreuth's Parsifal reaches a cathartic climax.
Bayreuth's Lohengrin lacks electricity
Yuval Sharon's production returns to Bayreuth in a musically compelling performance.