Tag: Richard Wagner
Austerity measures at the Bayreuth Festival – Culture
Richard Wagner was often in trouble when it came to money, and the festival he founded was just as difficult. After the admission prices were significantly increased this year against…
Romeo Castellucci stages Wagner’s “Rheingold” in Brussels – Culture
Romeo Castellucci is an artist. Other directors are directors and implement works on stage. Castellucci does that too, at the same time he creates art spaces, installations, situations, his own…
Wagner’s hero: The great tenor Stephen Gould succumbed to cancer at the age of 61 – culture
Few composers demand such a level of physical strength, stage presence, technical security and, last but not least, such enormous endurance from their singers as Richard Wagner almost takes for…
Wagner’s “Walküre” in Basel: Benedict von Peter continues his “Ring” – culture
Benedikt von Peter’s production of Richard Wagner’s “Ring” in Basel is already unique in one respect: its proximity to the audience. The Basel Symphony Orchestra is placed under the stage,…
Wagner’s “Walküren” in the Festspielhaus Neuschwanstein – Bavaria
Being a cultural organizer is not necessarily a great pleasure. Florian Zwipf-Zaharia can tell you a thing or two about that. Although the first Königswinkel Music Festival, which he organized…
In Basel, director Benedikt von Peter begins with Wagner’s “Ring” culture
Basel is Bayreuth. And not just because there, at the Basel Theater, a new “Ring of the Nibelung” is being created after 40 years. Benedikt von Peter, artistic director and…
100th birthday of Wolfgang Sawallisch: stroke of luck Wagner – culture
“I believe,” Wolfgang Sawallisch once soberly defined his work, “that conducting is fundamentally not a directly creative profession, but rather a post-creative one in order to serve the work, to…
Wagner star tenor Stephen Gould ends his career. – Culture
He once said that Tristan was his last stop. Last year he sang the role, once again, in the new production of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” at the opening…
Why the Bayreuth Festival must remain independent – Culture
Bavaria’s Minister of Art Markus Blume (CSU) is a man with childlike visions. According to Bayerischer Rundfunk, he recently said about the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, which will end…
How to prepare now for the Bayreuter Festival 2024 – Munich
Didn’t make it to the Bayreuth Festival again? No problem, you can also hear “Lohengrin”, “Parsifal” or “Tannhäuser” at other houses throughout the year. And in general there is now…