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Two years after the debut of the Bayreuth Festival’s first female conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann became the second to lead a Richard Wagner opera in the Festpielhaus' famous covered pit. The 58-year-old former contralto, fresh off her first season as Atlanta Symphony Orchestra music director, drew a luminous performance of “Tannhäuser” on Friday night in a revival of the Tobias Kratzer 2019 production — the one featuring the title character in a clown suit and a murder in a Burger King parking lot. “It’s good news to be second,” Stutzmann said.
During times of war, can you still make music? Can you enjoy being celebrated in Bayreuth while bombs are falling in the Donbass? Ukrainian conductor Oksana Lyniv is caught somewhere between art and war.
The Bayreuth Festival has long been regarded as an elitist classical music festival for the affluent set. That's about to change this year with free outdoor concerts.
The famous Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth opens on July 25. Through August, Richard Wagner's works will be performed on stage. Let's take this opportunity to explore the beautiful region in Bavaria.
Ludwigsburg/Gefrees, 15 th December, 2021 – Effective January 1, 2022, Dominik Haider takes over the management of MANN+HUMMEL's HELSATECH and HELSACOMP.
Vor fünf Jahren sorgte der lettische Dirigent Andris Nelsons für einen Eklat bei den Richard-Wagner-Festspielen in Bayreuth - jetzt kehrt er für zwei Auftritte...