\ A VOZ PORTALEGRENSE: Festival de Bayreuth

terça-feira, julho 25, 2006

Festival de Bayreuth

Wagner Opera Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele)
Bayreuth, Germany
25 Jul 2006 - 28 Aug 2006
The 2006 programme includes "The Flying Dutchman", "Tristan and Isolde", "Parsifal", "Ring Cycle", "Rheingold", "The Valkyrie" and others.
The 2006 Bayreuth Ring Cycle director is Tankred Dorst, the conductor Christian Thielemann.


'Festspielhaus'

The Festspielhaus of Bayreuth is a modest opera house by international standards - with a rather small, plain auditorium, simple seating and bare wooden floor - but a justly famous one. It was built according to the specifications of Richard Wagner and has been used only for the performance of his works since it opened in 1876, when the Ring Cycle was performed in its entirety for the first time. This is the scene each year of the Wagner Opera Festival, a mixture of time-honoured tradition and adventuresome experimentation. Despite the pressures imposed by the restricted repertoire, the Festspielhaus continues to thrive as the ideal place to experience Richard Wagner's operas.