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A new production of the opera "Lohengrin" opens today the Bayreuth Festival. Honorary guests have traditionally pbaded the royal portal of the Festspielhaus: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and several members of the Berlin government have announced, as well as Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU), who invites to the reception after the performance. 19659002] Director of the new Bayreuth "Lohengrin" is Yuval Sharon, the musical direction is in the hands of musical director Christian Thielemann. The title role will be performed by the Polish tenor Piotr Beczala after Roberto Alagna canceled it three weeks ago
Anja Harteros can be seen and heard as Elsa, and the famous Wagner singer Waltraud Meier returns in close of two decades Bayreuth. The scenography and costumes are from the famous artist couple Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy.
2019 with Netrebko
Yesterday, festival director Katharina Wagner announced the details of the 2019 festival: Anna Netrebko, star of the opera, will debut as Elsa on the Green Hill, The Russian maestro Valery Gergiev will lead the first opening "Tannhäuser". Whoever will be responsible for the new production of mammoth work in four parts "Nibelungen Ring" in 2020 will leave Wagner still open. At the Bayreuth Festival, only late works by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) are traditionally performed.
The festival can also boast this year: the world star Placido Domingo will perform for the first time in the famous orchestra pit. For him, "Valkyrie", directed by Frank Castorf, returns to the repertoire three times, including at the end of the festival on August 29th.
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