Bayreuth – Seen and Heard International

Musicians ill-served by a dreadful, uncomprehending ‘AI’ Ring cycle production at Bayreuth

04/08/202604/08/2026 by Mark Berry

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [5] – Wagner, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 28.7. – 1.8.2026. (MB)

This Fliegende Holländer revival proves quite a tonic after the anti-human beginning to the ‘AI’-Ring

30/07/202630/07/2026 by Mark Berry

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [4] – Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Oksana Lyniv (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 29.7.2026. (MB)

Benjamin Bruns (Erik) and Elisabeth Teige (Senta) © BF/Enrico Nawrath

Rienzi marches up Bayreuth’s Green Hill: political corruption and a hidden family secret blights lives

31/07/202629/07/2026 by Jim Pritchard

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [3] – Wagner, Rienzi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra od the Bayreuth Festival / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Livestreamed on STAGE+ (directed by Michael Beyer) from the Bayreuth Fespielehaus, 26.7.2026. (JPr)

*Rienzi* first scene © BF/Enrico Nawrath

Bayreuth’s AI Das Rheingold: Wagner, musicians, audience and the world deserves better

28/07/202628/07/2026 by Mark Berry

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [2] – Wagner, Das Rheingold: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 27.7.2026. (MB)

Bayreuth’s AI *Das Rheingold* © Enrico Nawrath

The Bayreuth Rienzi we saw and heard was ultimately an opportunity for which to be grateful.

28/07/202628/07/2026 by Mark Berry

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2026 [1] – Wagner, Rienzi: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Nathalie Stutzmann (conductor). Bayreuth Festspielhaus, 26.7.2026. (MB)

Gabriela Scherer (Irene) and Jennifer Holloway (Adriano) © BF/Enrico Nawrath

Compelling directorial craftsmanship and musical excellence come together in Bayreuth’s new Die Meistersinger

15/08/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2025 [4] – Wagner, Die Meistersinger von Nϋrnberg: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). 11.8.2025. (DM-D)

*Die Meistersinger* Act I © Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath

In Bayreuth, Semyon Bychkov explores the primordial depths of the Tristan und Isolde score

15/08/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2025 [3] – Wagner, Tristan und Isolde: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Bayreuther Festspielhaus, 10.8.2025. (DM-D)

Tristan und Isolde Act I: [l-r] Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Andreas Schager (Tristan), Jordan Shanahan (Kurwenal), Camilla Nylund (Isolde) and Günther Groissböck (King Marke) © Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath

A vague Bayreuth Lohengrin production but it is unlikely the music could sound better

15/08/202514/08/2025 by Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe

Germany Bayreuth Festival 2025 [2] – Wagner, Lohengrin: Soloists, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra / Christian Thielemann (conductor). Bayreuther Festspielhaus, 9.8.2025. (DM-D)

*Lohengrin* Act I: Olafur Sigurdarson (Friedrich von Telramund) and Miina-Liisa Värelä (Ortrud) © Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Nawrath

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