No questions asked No questions asked

Anna Netrebko has canceled her Bayreuth debut this summer.

Broadcast: Tristan und Isolde Broadcast: Tristan und Isolde

The live performance from Bayreuth begins at 10:00 AM.

Broadcast: Parsifal Broadcast: Parsifal

Live from the Bayreuth Festival.

“Dein brennend Haupt umwehe Kühle” “Dein brennend Haupt umwehe Kühle”

The burn here surely is the Publikum’s applause.

Broadcast: Lohengrin Broadcast: Lohengrin

Live from the Bayreuth festival, beginning at 10:00 AM.

Broadcast: Tannhäuser Broadcast: Tannhäuser

The opening of the 2019 Bayreuth season.

It’s the Minnesinger not the song It’s the Minnesinger not the song

Tannhäuser pales beside the other great Wagnerian operas in the degree to which it has innovated the Regisseur’s vocabulary for set design and dramaturgy.

Venusberg in furs Venusberg in furs

Le Gateau Chocolat will make his Bayreuth Festival debut in a new production of Tannhäuser on July 25.

Broadcast: Die Walküre

The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Die Walküre, with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.

Broadcast: Der Fliegende Holländer Broadcast: Der Fliegende Holländer

The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Der Fliegende Holländer.

Broadcast: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Broadcast: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.

Broadcast: Tristan und Isolde

The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Tristan und Isolde, with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.

Broadcast: Parsifal Broadcast: Parsifal

The 2018 Bayreuth Festival continues with Parisfal, with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT. 

Broadcast: Lohengrin Broadcast: Lohengrin

The 2018 Bayreuth Festival opens today with Lohengrin, directed by Yuval Sharon, with a live broadcast starting at 10:00 AM EDT.

Anna on the Hill Anna on the Hill

According to a scan posted on Anna Netrebko‘s Instagram, the diva has received a contract from the Bayreuth Festival.

Erschlage! Erschlage!

Meet Andreas Rosar, assistant director and hero/heroine of the 2017 Bayreuth Festival.

Forging ahead Forging ahead

Let’s listen, cher public, to Siegfried, live from the Bayreuth Festival, starting at 10:00 AM.

Broadcast: Die Walküre Broadcast: Die Walküre

The Bayreuth Ring (and perhaps the parterre discussion?) continues at 10:00 AM.

Broadcast: Das Rheingold Broadcast: Das Rheingold

Get your kicks on Siegfried-Wagner-Alee.

Broadcast: Parsifal Broadcast: Parsifal

We move on to Bayreuth’s revival of Parsifal.

Broadcast: Tristan und Isolde Broadcast: Tristan und Isolde

Today’s conversation piece from Bayreuth: a revival of Tristan und Isolde with Stephen Gould and Petra Lang conducted by Christian Thielemann.

Broadcast: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Broadcast: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

The cher public are invited to hear and comment upon the opening performance of the 2017 Bayreuth Festspiele, featuring a new production of Meistersinger directed by Barrie Kosky. Broadcasts from various sources begin between 9:45 and 10:00 AM EDT. (These daytime Bayreuth listening parties continue into next week.)

Chat: Bayreuth Festival Chat: Bayreuth Festival

Chat about live broadcasts from this year’s Bayreuth Festival.

The hill is greener The hill is greener

Live recordings of Hans Knappertsbusch conducting Parsifal seem to proliferate like stairways in M.C. Escher prints.