The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) Miho Uchida 26/08/2024 4163Valentin 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 20/08/2019 5201Arguably, one of the greatest works ever written to pure erotic love echoing the legendary days of King Arthur, Tristan...
Parsifal Bayreuth 2019 Tony Cooper 18/08/2019 5483Specifically 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 15/08/2019 5258This 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 13/08/2019 4997Flamboyant 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 02/09/2016 5805his 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 02/09/2016 5282irst 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 02/09/2016 5787n 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 02/09/2016 6122run-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 22/08/2016 6502his production of Tristan und Isolde by Katharina Wagner first saw the light of day at last year’s festival immediately...
