Does Bayreuth suffer from an autoimmune sickness that is
killing it off? Is this – a true Wagnerian melodrama - the punishment of the
gods for the evil people who made use and ran it for many years?
Richard Wagner’s great granddaughter, Katharina (together
with her 33 years older half-sister Eva), has been running the Bayreuth
Festival since 2008. Is it possible that she actually hates Wagner, his music,
Bayreuth? Why else would she be running it down?
This year’s festival was opened with a replay of Tannhäuser,
directed by Sebastian Baumgarten, which was first played and booh-ed in
Bayreuth in 2011. It has not gotten any better.
Opening the festival with a third year replay is in itself a
mark of failure. To do so with an opera production that is so annoying, that
you find yourself closing your eyes, so as not to let the goings on on the
stage spoil the wonderful music that is sung and played, is outrageous. Fortunately,
it was musically very beautiful, despite a rather mediocre Torsten Kerl in the
title role.
Weshalb sollte man überhaupt nach Bayreuth gehen?
ReplyDeleteEs gibt so gute Wagner-Produktionen in anderen Opernhäuser - und ich werde sowieso nie wieder dort hingehen!!!! Es stinkt immer noch nach......
I read your blog. Even Bayreuth is dreadful, let alone the rest.
ReplyDeleteIch bewundere Dich, dass Du Dir Bayreuth trotz der vielen Ärgernisse bezüglich Regie und Qualität der Sänger immer noch antust zumal zu einer Zeit, in der Du mit Recht den wachsenden Antisemitismus anprangerst.
ReplyDeleteHat nicht auch Richard Wagner den Boden dafür bereitet?