(BR Klassik), Das Rheingold review no ring, no gold, instead child abuse and abduction drive Bayreuths new Ring. Tristan und Isolde 26.7. Meanwhile all the love scenes or Tristans suffering in Act three are staged with a symbolic theatrical language. However, as I noted in my review of his Gtterdmmerung, he has lost volume and harmonics in his higher register. The young, multi-award-winning Austrian director Valentin Schwarz compares the new four-part "Ring" cycle to a Netflix series: Asequence of several parts watched in quick succession. Throughout, Cummings - the festival director - kept a tight rein on the evening's stampede of emotions with his elegant direction from the harpsichord. Andrea Cozzi (designs) Wagner demands constant forte ascensions to A naturals at the most riveting emotional climaxes, such as the end of act one, the beginning of the love duet or the climax moments in Act three; in Goulds voice, they sounded underpowered. Meister created great moments of tension, such as during the crescendo of the prelude, where he kept increasing the depth and density of the sound while keeping an impossibly slow tempo. Die Walkre He explored the frenzy and cynicism of this role, even while the staging demanded a naturalistic personification of this Demi-God of fire.. He led his first Vienna Philharmonic performance in 2000. These bare stagings, where everything was done with lighting. Not having been there, I can only speculate, but many have said it improved radically during its stint, a tribute to Bayreuths Werkstatt principle. Stefan Herheim om samarbeidet med Gatti etc. On four discursive pilgrimage paths, which could be accessed by the audience with smartphones and headphones for the duration of the festival, the festival city was transformed into a theoretical site where artists and scholars explored the relationship between art and society, autonomy and the Gesamtkunstwerk with excerpts from conversations and thoughts by Chaya Czernowin, Ulrich Konrad, Gundula Kreuzer, Konrad Kuhn, Thomas Macho, Cornelius Meister, Herfried Mnkler, Isabel Mundry, Sergej Newski, Holger Noltze, Roland Schwab, Valentin Schwarz and Wolfgang Ullrich. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Das Rheingold (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Die Walkre (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Siegfried (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Gtterdmmerung (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Sam Goodyear: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, 25.7. 24.8. Wotans interventions in Das Rheingold lack the lyricism that this character has in Die Walkre. And even if Silins German diction was immaculate, it was noticeable that he was more comfortable on the few lyrical legato lines, like in the fourth actIn des morguens scheine, than in the rest of the opera where his singing is in the recitative style. Bis eines dem anderen das Auge aussticht und das andere den einen entmannt. The set is a big oval chamber with an open oval on the ceiling and a central oval on the floor.Through the open ceiling we bear witness to projections of weather changes, depending on the action of the opera. His interpretation of his second scene monologue immer ist Undnak was amusing and emotional at the same time. Wolfram von Eschenbach Markus Eiche Reinhard Traub (lighting) Even Cornelius Meisters conducting, a solid highlight of the previous three evenings, proved more mixed here. Schwarzs idea, in Rheingold, that the cycles foundational sin was the seizure of a child, not of the gold from which a ring of power would be created, was challenging in the best sense. Hermann Ortel Raimund Nolte Utbildning. There may be no definitive answer, yet it is hardly a question simply to be ignored or, worse, trivialised. The Rheingold is personified by a small boy wearing a yellow cap and T-shirt; therefore Alberich kidnaps the boy from the swimming pool instead of stealing pieces of gold. The Bayreuth Festival in Germany has announced its 2023 program. The singers drew a. Festspiel Open Air More than 50,000 spectators attended this years Festival. (Matthias Lachenmann), Am Sonntagabend feierte "Das Rheingold" von Regisseur Valentin Schwarz Premiere bei den Bayreuther Festspielen. But when the Bayreuth Festival Theater opened in 1876, with the premiere of his full "Ring of the Nibelung" a four-opera, 15 . Robe lighting's technology SHED. Luis August Krawen (video), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra There were also four performances of Der fliegende Hollnder, five performances of Lohengrin, five performances of Tannhuser, and two concerts under the musical direction of Andris Nelsons. Heinrich der Schreiber Jorge Rodrguez-Norton News Completion Bayreuth Festival 2022! Stphanie Mther and Kelly God as two of the Norns in Bayreuth festivals staging of Gtterdmmerung. Elisabeth Teige was a strong Freia, giving entity and strength to a role which is usually portrayed as a weak young girl. Walther von der Vogelweide Magnus Vigilius But the days when Bayreuth could claim to set the worlds standards in Wagner production as it did in the late 19th century when the festival began, and then again after the second world war, when the composers grandson Wieland Wagner and successors Patrice Chreau and Harry Kupfer reconceived the works afresh, have gone. Home. Can it be sustained? August 2022, fr klassik-begeistert.de und klassik-begeistert.at. Cornelius Meister (conductor), Valentin Schwarz. August 2021: 1, 8, 12, 17, 24, Conductor Axel Kober Among others, there was a well received one in Leipzig in June, a promising one in Zrich, theres another in Berlin this autumn and two in London in the years to come. Unwillingnesslet us be charitableto carry though any coherent correspondence between objects, themes, even often characters, leaves us with an incoherence that does not register as an aesthetic challenge, but simply as a careless mess. International expert workshop on the digital health divide at the University of Bayreuth, Campus Kulmbach: Submit your Beliebt bei Petronela Sandulache. The new production of Ring des Nibelungen was eagerly awaited, as it had already been scheduled for 2020 and was performed three times this year as a cycle. Allein schon (musik-)historisch hochinteressant, ist diese CD ein beeindruckendes Hrerlebnis und ffnet das Fenster in ein bewegtes, erschttertes 16. Fritz Kothner Werner Van Mechelen Alberichs Fluch auf die Liebe im Gegenzug frs Edelmetall - nur taucht es an diesem Abend gar nicht auf. And even with quite a few pesante tempi, he managed to conclude the opera in two hours and 26 minutes, which is the average timing for most performances. Alberich Olafur Sigurdarson sponsoring strategy to finance the non-profit organization organizing a local referendum that aims to make the city of Bayreuth climate neutral until 2030 Just a few days ago, the Finnish conductor Pietari Inkinen, who had been rehearsing the "Ring" with the Festival Orchestra, had to back out due after contracting COVID. For the 16-hour cycle of the "Ring," which premiered in 1876, Richard Wagner had his festival hall built according to his own architectural ideas. There is no Wotan spear at all, an element that plays a crucial importance throughout the whole Ring cycle. I understand the idea of focusing in human relationships and setting the action in modern times to make these challenges operas more accessible to modern audiences. Er hofft auf die anderen drei Teile. . But this isnt all that surprising. Ein ereignisreicher Abend mit berragenden, traurigen und mittelmigen Momenten. And it is this concept that provides the foundation for the production. How, asks Kuhn, did this nasty, this hairy and hideous imp beget a child with the proud Queen Grimhild? Perhaps using the power he has amassed by foreswearing love? Gralsritter Timo Riihonen So many important questions, moreover, are treated similarly. The Schwarz cycle ran out of steam in the end because it had no big or unifying idea not even a really bad unifying idea such as Frank Castorfs pretentious 2013-17 Bayreuth Ring which preceded this one. The artistic outlook for the next Festival years includes promising debuts of conductor Nathalie Stutzmann in Tannhuser and conductor Pablo Heras-Casado in the new production of Parsifal, as well as the return of two great conductors, Semyon Bychkov for the new production of Tristan und Isolde in 2024 and Daniele Gatti for the new production of Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg in 2025. Stream songs including "Parsifal: Vorspiel - Act 1 (Remastered 2023, Bayreuth 1962)", "Parsifal: He! But his voice lost intensity and projection from the middle to the upper range, giving little vocal consistency in a role which has to sound authoritative and powerful. The latter production was added to the schedule at short notice in order to remain playable in the event of conceivable outbreaks of infection in the collectives, and will be on the schedule again next year. 95445 Bayreuth. Gunther wears a sparkly top that asks Who the fuck is Grane? Quite, though one might ask that about anyone here, really. Bayreuths audience is very reluctant to accept new interpretations of Wagners magnus opus; the now-iconic Boulez-Chereau centennial production from 1976 was a huge failure its first season, before becoming as revered as it is today. Conductor Christian Thielemann (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Konrad Nachtigal Armin Kolarczyk 2022/07/26. This button displays the currently selected search type. But whats most fascinating is that most characters cant step on it or cross the floor screen; in fact only Tristan and Isolde stay on it. The air is boiling in the Festspielhaus, which has neither air conditioning to speak of nor modern fire protection. Anders Larsson studerade vid Kungliga Musikhgskolan i Stockholm (Master och Diplom) ren 1990-1997.. Karrir. (Bernhard Neuhoff, BR Klassik), Nachdem man den ersten beiden Abenden viel Positives abgewinnen konnte, berrascht nun Cornelius Meister mit einem zupackenden Dirigat und gutem Zusammenspiel mit dem Orchester, whrend die Solisten leider schwcheln und die Inszenierung vielen Zuschauern den letzten Nerv raubt. #BFRing22 ALT 4 26 122 Show this thread 07/22/2022 Several female employees at the Bayreuth classical music festival were allegedly groped, including festival director Katharina Wagner. Originally scheduled for 2020, it arrived two years late due to the pandemic with a new conductor, Meister, drafted in at short notice after Pietari Inkinen contracted Covid. That the prologue and first act in particular dragged, often seeming to lie behind whatever notional basic tempo had been set, was nonetheless unfortunate as nonsense upon nonsense unfolded onstage. Balthasar Zorn Martin Homrich 27.7. Venus Ekaterina Gubanova These bare stagings, where everything was done with lighting. As these final pages were reached in Valentin Schwarzs new Ring cycle at the Bayreuth festival, the conductor Cornelius Meister and the festival orchestra, in the concealed Bayreuth pit, were playing out of their skins as the score demanded. (Martin Kettle, The Guardian), Das Licht der Welt erblicken auch zwei Kinder, die wir im Vorspiel in einer Videoprojektion sehen, die sich wohl schon im Mutterleib spinnefeind sind Wotan und sein Schatten (C. G. Jung) Alberich. Home; News; Encyclopera; Our references. There was a foretaste last year at a multimedia "Ring" performance, which included a production of "The Valkyries" by Austrian action artist Hermann Nitsch. The Bayreuth Festival 2021 will be rounded off with two concerts under the musical direction of Andris Nelsons, the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Valentin Schwarz erntet fr seine wenig schlssige Neuinszenierung von Richard Wagners Ring des Nibelungen fast einhellige Ablehnung. 28.8. 2021 - Mrz 2022 6 Monate. There is so much in these bloody pieces, all you can do is try to live up to them." Cornelius Meister, Staatsoper Stuttgart's General Music Director, will conduct the opening of this year's Bayreuth Festival.Meister will make his debut at the Festspielhaus on 25 July 2022 with Tristan und Isolde.Roland Schwab will be in charge of the production. Intermission What we are supposed to make of that girls disappearance during the final scene, or indeed anything much in a scene that sadly had many in the audience laughing at its sheer ineptitude, I have no idea. Opening the festival is the . in 2020 the festival was cancelled, 2021 Bayreuth was a shaky affairtoo uncertain for a mammoth ring project. There is no magic helmet either, therefore no invisibility or transformation into giant snakes or small toads. Concert Classique. Fullness and bloom of voice were often as impressive as her sheer resolve to get on with it. Please check if you entered the email address correctly. Loiseau de feu de Stravinsky - Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Amfortas Michael Volle Christian Thielemann. Costumes Rainer Sellmaier 2022 2 Monate. Tristan is inside the oval for his agony and hallucinations in Act three, but as soon as Isolde enters he jumps out of it and it fades to black. Loge Daniel Kirch August 22, 2022 16:00:00. Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH There is so much in these bloody pieces, all you can do is try to live up to them." Those wanting to know more about Wagner's impact on popular culturecan visit the special exhibition, showing at the Richard Wagner Museum, on how the composerhas been appropriated to marketeverything frombeer toheavy metal music. Stephan Gould sang the role of Tristan. Further reviews may be found at http://boulezian.blogspot.com. Bayreuther Festspiele - Bayreuth Festival | Bayreuth (Some might argue racism too; let us leave that for another day. They mostly sang in ensemble and their voices melded together beautifully, offering one great moment after another. Hagen (Albert Dohmen) left, and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky) kissing Siegfried (on this photo Stephen Gould, but Clay Hilley stepped as Siegfried 5 August since Stephen Gould was sick. (Sddeutsche Zeitung), Valentin Schwarz inszeniert Rheingold bei den Bayreuther Festspielen als Auftakt seines Ring des Nibelungen. Listen to Wagner: Parsifal by Hans Knappertsbusch by Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Bayreuth Festival Chorus on Apple Music. Knappe Alexandra Steiner The contrast between light and dark is constantly present with big shadows of the characters on the rounded walls, their silhouettes seen on the open ceiling or the back door, which is rather dark or illuminated in an impossible blinding white (depending on the several references to the light of the day or the darkness of the night). We can give unqualified recommendations for the two (2) streams listed below: Radio Clasica de Espana KEY TO READING THE SCHEDULE Messen&Events. Siegfried Thielemann was 28 when he made his Vienna State Opera debut in 1987. Bayreuth Festival 2022: an unusual number of boos from the audience Conductor Cornelius Meister had to be satisfied with mixed reactions for his loud and sometimes ruthless conducting, from which Irne Theorin in particular suffered audibly as Brnnhilde. 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Tenor Daniel Kirch sang the role of Loge. Germany Bayreuth Festival 2021 - Wagner, Der fliegende Hollnder: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, doubtless understandably, sounded at times tired. 1.8. Vor allem mit dem Familienoberhaupt gibt es Probleme. Director Tobias Kratzer (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), But poor Brnnhilde (seriously). Kirchs performance was agile, with depurated German diction, and unlimited variety of colors and dynamics. The Festspielorchester is probably the greatest orchestra playing Wagner and it really shows. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Hagen (Albert Dohmen) and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky). Was erzhlt Wagner, was erzhlt Schwarz, was ergibt die Differenz.