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The enthusiasm was great when the tenor Roberto Alagna canceled at the end of June. Three and a half weeks before the opening, the Bayreuth Festival stood there without Lohengrin. Alagna, admitted by his agency, had problems repeating the game.
Substitution was found almost at the last minute: Polish tenor Piotr Beczala, who started his international career at the Landestheater in Linz, jumped and sang tonight, the title role of Lohengrin at the opening of the eponymous Richard Wagner Opera Festival. As some observers think, the Swan Knight is more appropriate, as some observers think.
Christian Thielemann, who will direct all the works of the Festspielhaus after tonight's performance, will be on the orchestra conductor's stand today. When asked how much he was satisfied with the replacement of Beczala, the 59-year-old Saxon Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra conductor replied: "The replacement is false, Piotr Beczala does not belong to me." is not a substitute. It has happened a lot of things here amicably. I called him – and there were very accommodating concert promoters and directors who helped him and freed him from his obligations. I can only thank everyone who has been involved. And I am very satisfied. "
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Elsa Anja Harteros sings alongside Beczala, who wants to look for traces in Festspielhaus by Richard Wagner:" What was his ideal of "? an opera house? I am curious to see how it affects me and I look forward to working with Christian Thielemann. "
The celebrities who are expected today in Green Hill – and especially German Chancellor Angela Merkel – are eagerly awaiting the artists' performance Bayreuth Festival has been faithful for years as a visitor.Even the Prime Minister Bavarian Markus Söder is announced
In addition to the highly anticipated staging of "Lohengrin" Yuval Sharon, the festival can also boast of big names: Placido Domingo will lead for the first time the famous " Valkyrie "Directed by Frank Castorf," Meistersinger "by Barrie Kosky," Parsifal "by Uwe Eric Laufenberg," Tristan und Isolde "by Katharina Wagner and" Der fliegende Holländer "by Jan Philipp Gloger are also presented this year.
opera lovers who stayed at home today from 18h, the opportunity to see an off-line broadcast – near-live of the "Lohengrin" of Bayreuth in the "Hollywood Megapl ex PlusCity ".
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