The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) Miho Uchida 26/08/2024Valentin Schwarz’s production of The Ring of the Nibelung has returned to the Bayreuth Festival this year. As predicted, there...
Reviewer's rating Tristan und Isolde Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 20/08/2019Arguably, one of the greatest works ever written to pure erotic love echoing the legendary days of King Arthur, Tristan...
Parsifal Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 18/08/2019Specifically written for the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Wagner described Parsifal as ‘ein Bühnenweihfestspiel’ (A Festival Play for the Consecration of the...
Reviewer's rating Lohengrin Bayreuth Festival 2019 Tony Cooper 15/08/2019This production of Wagner’s Lohengrin by Yuval Sharon – born in Chicago in 1979 to Israeli parents and Bayreuth’s first...
Reviewer's Rating Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Bayreuther Festspiele Tony Cooper 13/08/2019Flamboyant and a wonderfully quirky director Barrie Kosky’s innovative production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was first seen at Bayreuth...
Reviewer's Rating Der Ring des Nibelungen: Götterdämmerung Tony Cooper 02/09/2016his production of Götterdämmerung – the last opera in Wagner’s epic four-work Ring cycle directed by Frank Castorf – first...
Reviewer's Rating Der Ring des Nibelungen: Siegfried Tony Cooper 02/09/2016irst seen in 2013 as part of the complete Ring cycle to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Wagner’s birth, the...
Reviewer's Rating Der Ring des Nibelungen: Die Walküre Tony Cooper 02/09/2016n the second part of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Die Walküre – first seen in 2013 as part of the complete...
Reviewer's Rating Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold Tony Cooper 02/09/2016run-down and faded 1950s motel on America’s famed Route 66, aptly named ‘Golden’, provides an authentic setting for Frank Castorf’s...
Reviewer's Rating Tristan und Isolde Tony Cooper 22/08/2016his production of Tristan und Isolde by Katharina Wagner first saw the light of day at last year’s festival immediately...
