Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera

Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin staged in 1987 by Werner Herzog in Bayreuth.

Carlo Vistoli @ Bayreuth Baroque 2025

Countertenor Carlo Vistoli takes us on a musical journey through 17th-century Italy. The nascent opera genre was producing its first masterpieces at the time, with composers such as Monteverdi, Cesti, Cavalli and Stradel

Europakonzert 2018 from Bayreuth

Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture,No.3 in C major, Op. 72; Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Wagner, Bayreuth and the rest of the world

Documentary deals with the fascination that this man arouses worldwide. How could such a hype and cult develop around such a controversial artist? This feature-length documentary shows how people in Bayreuth live with Wa

Francesco Cavalli : Pompeo Magno @ Bayreuth Baroque 2025

Francesco Cavalli's incandescent opera, where tragedy rubs shoulders with comedy, and burlesque alternates with deep emotion. Max Emanuel Cenčić directs a lively production, drawing on the codes of commedia dell'arte. Th

Julia Leshneva & Franco Fagioli Bayreuth Baroque 2025

Soprano Julia Lezhneva and countertenor Franco Fagioli present an exceptional evening. The programme features arias and duets by the great masters of the Baroque: Purcell, Corelli, Handel, Graun and Porpora, Haydn and Fa

Malena Ernman: Terra Mater Bayreuth Baroque 2025

In their concert Terra Mater, leading figures on the early music scene Christina Pluhar and her ensemble L'Arpeggiata celebrate Mother Nature with Swedish mezzo-soprano Malena Ernman. Vocal and instrumental art intertwin

Christophe Dumaux & Les Accents @ Bayreuth Baroque 2026

Countertenor Christophe Dumaux has performed all of Georg Friedrich Handel’s great arias, from the Salzburg Festival to the Metropolitan Opera in New York. At the Bayreuth Baroque Festival 2026, he will present a selecti

Best of Bayreuth: Highlights from Three Decades

The Transformation of the World Into Music

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth.

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Bayreuth Festival 2025

The Bayreuth Festival's annual new production is one of the most eagerly awaited events of the operatic calendar, and in 2025 Matthias Davids brings his experience as a multi-award-winning director of musical theatre to

Núria Rial and Fahmi Alqhai Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024

Celebrated organist Sebastián Durón was unrivalled in his ability to marry Italian Baroque opera with incandescent Iberian folklore, much to the delight of the Spanish Court. Winners of the Opus Klassik prize for their r

Sandrine Piau & Les Talens Lyriques Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024

Since the Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival was founded in 2020, the city of Bayreuth has become a mecca for Baroque music. Sandrine Piau invites us to savour the frivolity of 18th-century Rome through cantatas with encha

Max Emanuel Cenčić & Les Talens Lyriques Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival 2024

In the 18th century, Hamburg Opera broke free from the influence of Italy, giving rise to a new musical culture in Germany. Counter-tenor Max Emanuel Cenčić offers us a glimpse of this vibrant operatic life from the stag

Wagner: Die Walküre

The second part of Patrice Chérau's epoch-making Bayreuth Ring is a radical re-imagining of Die Walküre, unprecedented in its psychological penetration. This production of " Die Walkure," staged as part of Patrice Cherea

Wagner: Das Rheingold

This is a beautifully conducted and thoughtfully staged performance of the first opera (the prologue) in Wagner's Ring Cycle. As soon as the clouds of mist have dissipated, while the daring, long-held opening chord is st

The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold

Frank Castorf revolutionised German-language theatre in the post-Berlin Wall era, bringing to the stage intellectual and political acuteness, brash references and a not infrequent use of crude humour. He brought these qu

The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried

Frank Castorf's Ring makes a feature of unexpected settings and striking images, and here in Siegfried he shows the discussions between the young hero and his foster father Mime in Act I against a background featuring gi

The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie

The new Bayreuth production of the Ring Cycle that premiered in 2013 offered spectacular sets, courtesy of Aleksandar Denić. As is regularly the case in Frank Castorf's productions, live video recordings add an extra dim

The Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods

"Oil is the equivalent of what used to be gold. A luxury that we cannot eat," explained director Frank Castorf in an interview, outlining one of the key ideas behind his production of the Ring at Bayreuth. In the final p