The Bayreuth Festival season is approaching, so I dug up an old review (published on Artsatl.com) of Christian Thielemann’s Bayreuth Ring from 2008, which originally came out on Opus Arte:
It’s no coincidence that the technologically forward-looking Opus Arte — an early adopter of the high-definition DVD and Blu-ray formats — here documents the current Bayreuth “Ring” via good old-fashioned CDs. In fact, this set marks the company’s first foray into the CD market. The stage direction by octogenarian German playwright (and opera novice) Tankred Dorst, which revolves around the idea of the modern and mythological worlds coexisting in parallel universes, has gained few fans since the production was unveiled in 2006. Instead, the real buzz around this “Ring” has focused on what Thielemann and the orchestra accomplish.
Filed under: Bayreuth Festival, review, Ring cycle, Thielemann, Wagner
MEMETERIA by Thomas May 