Search results
A scene from Götterdämmerung, part four of the Ring Cycle, in the centenary production at the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Pierre Boulez and staged by Patrice Chéreau, with Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde
Feb 9, 2020 · Patrice Chéreau’s Ring comes full circle and it is Pierre Boulez who is beyond criticism – Seen and Heard International. 02/09/2020 by Jim Pritchard. Germany Wagner, Götterdämmerung: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Pierre Boulez (conductor).
Pierre Boulez. The Bayreuth Festival productions of Wagner's Tetralogy performed between 1976 and 1980, have been called the "Ring of the Century" for two reasons: first, it came out a hundred years after the opening of the festival; second, the production, led by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Boulez, proved to be quite possibly the most ...
- 146 min
Aug 26, 2020 · As with almost every new Bayreuth Ring, the lead-up to 1976 was far from smooth and at relatively short notice the responsibility was given to 31-year old French actor, theatre director, producer, and filmmaker, Patrice Chéreau. Apparently, he knew nothing about these Wagner works and had only previously staged two operas, by Rossini and Offenbach.
Aug 5, 2022 · 44. 3.7K views 1 year ago #BayreuthFestival #PierreBoulez. In 1976, the 100th anniversary year of the Bayreuth Festival, Pierre Boulez conducted and Patrice Chéreau stage-directed a...
- 51 sec
- 3.7K
- Deutsche Grammophon - DG I Stories
The 1976 Bayreuth Centenary Ring Frenchman Patrice Chéreau was not Wolfgang Wagner's first choice to direct the landmark centenary production of Der Ring des Nibelungen in 1976 at Bayreuth. Ingmar Bergman, Sir Peter Brook, and Peter Stein were all offered the monumental task first, and all turned it down.
People also ask
Who was the conductor of the Bayreuth Festival?
Is this Patrice Chéreau Centenary Ring a damp squib?
What happens in Patrice Chéreau's ring?
Who is Patrice Chéreau?
In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films La Reine Margot and Intimacy, and for his staging of the Jahrhundertring, the centenary Ring cycle at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976.
