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Deutsche Oper Berlin 2023-24 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo credit: Bernd Uhlig) The man who gave the opera world its most dazzling 21st century “Parsifal,” Stefan Herheim, continues his quest to interrogate the Romantic text that is Richard Wagner’s “Ring of the Nibelungen.” Inspired refreshing of a 150-year-old work of art can provide new insights and flashes of illumination. But conceptual pyrotechnics can just as easily destroy its {…}

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Bayreuth Festival 2023 Review: Der Ring des Nibelungen

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(Photo: © Enrico Nawrath) As the final cycle of Bayreuth’s 2023 “Ring des Nibelungen” came to a close, the air remained electric with the sounds of Wagner’s apocalyptic horns and the swirling raptures of the Rhine. Camps came away divided into those either outraged or captivated by director Valentin Schwarz‘s reinvention of the Walsung’s messy journey into oblivion. To be {…}

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Bayreuth Festival Announces Cast Changes for ‘Götterdämmerung’ & ‘Die Walküre’

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The Bayreuth Festival has announced cast changes for its productions of “Götterdämmerung” and “Die Walküre.” The company said that “unfortunately, Emily Magee is unable to sing the parts of Sieglinde and Gutrune due to an infection that has not yet fully recovered.” As a result, Elisabeth Teige has agreed to take on the part of Sieglinde and Aile Asszonyi will {…}