Bayreuth to present special Ring Cycle in 2026; 30 sellouts this year as ticket sales rebound
Read full article: Bayreuth to present special Ring Cycle in 2026; 30 sellouts this year as ticket sales reboundA special Ring Cycle will be performed for the 150th anniversary Bayreuth Festival in 2026, the annual Richard Wagner showcase said as this season’s schedule ended with sellouts for all 30 performances.
Self-loathing blends with love at Bayreuth 'Tristan und Isolde' by director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson
Read full article: Self-loathing blends with love at Bayreuth 'Tristan und Isolde' by director Thorleifur Örn ArnarssonIcelandic director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson’s production of “Tristan und Isolde” at the Bayreuth Festival is becomes a psychoanalytic examination of self-loathing and burdensome expectations.
Nathalie Stutzmann become second woman to conduct at Bayreuth, 2 years after gender barrier broken
Read full article: Nathalie Stutzmann become second woman to conduct at Bayreuth, 2 years after gender barrier brokenNathalie Stutzmann has become the second woman to lead a Richard Wagner opera at the Bayreuth Festival.
Augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's `Parsifal' opens Bayreuth Festival
Read full article: Augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's `Parsifal' opens Bayreuth FestivalDirector Jay Scheib’s augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's “Parsifal” premiered in the the theater the composer conceived of in the late 1880s.