Best of Bayreuth – Highlights from three decades of the Richard Wagner Festival – Part I

1. Tannhäuser: „Bacchanal“

Conductor: Colin Davis

Staged and directed by: Götz Friedrich, John Neumeier

 

2. Lohengrin: „Das süße Lied verhallt“

Conductor: Woldemar Nelsson

Staged and directed by: Götz Friedrich

Peter Hofmann as Lohengrin

Karan Armstrong as Elsa

 

3. Der fliegende Holländer: „Die Frist ist um“

Conductor: Woldemar Nelsson

Staged and directed by: Harry Kupfer

Simon Estes as the Dutchman

 

4. Tristan und Isolde: „Tristan!“ - „Isolde!“ - „Treuloser Holder!“ - „Seligste Frau!“

Staged and directed by: Heiner Müller

Siegfried Jerusalem as Tristan

Waltraud Meier as Isolde

 

5. Parsifal: „Vom Bade kehrt der König heim“

Conductor: Horst Stein

Staged and directed by: Wolfgang Wagner

Hans Sotin as Gurnemanz

Siegfried Jerusalem as Parsifal

 

6. Die Walküre: „Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond“

Conductor: Pierre Boulez

Staged and directed by: Patrice Chéreau

Peter Hofmann as Siegmund

Jeannine Altmeyer as Sieglinde