Tag: Bayreuth Festival
Austria: Obituary for Hermann Nitsch – politics
He didn’t make it anymore. Hermann Nitsch knew that at the age of 83 he had to divide his strength. So the artist had to make the decision last summer…
In Bayreuth there is a threat of a debate about the Richard Wagner Festival – Bavaria
It took longer in Bayreuth than elsewhere, much longer even. As early as 15 years ago, Bavaria’s largest cities, Nuremberg and Munich, decided not to dedicate a street to the…
In Bayreuth there is a threat of a debate about the Richard Wagner Festival – Bavaria
It took longer in Bayreuth than elsewhere, much longer even. As early as 15 years ago, Bavaria’s largest cities, Nuremberg and Munich, decided not to dedicate a street to the…
Richard Wagner: Show on art and ideology – culture
Richard Wagner is present. His past alone would not be worth the intellectually pointed exhibition that the German Historical Museum in Berlin is showing until September 11th. It would not…
Valentin Schwarz stages “The Master and Margarita” in Cologne – culture
In his best idea, Valentin Schwarz turns on the light and nothing else. The young Austrian, born in 1989, is staging York Höller’s “The Master and Margarita” at the Cologne…
Bayreuth: Director Axel Brüggemann on the world phenomenon Wagner – Bavaria
Interview by Olaf Przybilla, Bayreuth The documentary “Wagner, Bayreuth and the rest of the world” can be seen in cinemas these days. In it, director Axel Brüggemann explores the world…
Christian Thielemann: The polarizer at the desk – opinion
Christian Thielemann says goodbye. Not from art, but from the idea of having to be a respected music functionary as a famous conductor at the same time. On this Tuesday…
Bayreuth Festival 2021: The whole “Ring” in one day – culture
Wagnerians are believers and therefore pilgrims and therefore pedestrians. A real Wagnerian and her male counterpart climb the Green Hill in Bayreuth on foot. This only takes twenty minutes, but…
Hermann Nitsch in Bayreuth – Culture
Of Reinhard J. Brembeck Because the Bayreuth new production of the “Ring des Nibelungen” was not staged last year due to the disease and was postponed to 2022, this year…
What the artist Hermann Nitsch is up to in Bayreuth – culture
Of Alexandra Föderl-Schmid Hermann Nitsch is not so easily lured out of the reserve. When asked what he is planning in Bayreuth, he growls: “Ask me something clever.” And sends…