Word: festspielhaus
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BAYREUTH, Germany—“You want to visit the Festspielhaus? Impossible...
...constantly, Wagner drifts in and out, not like a specter, but like an old friend. For Sonja and Gerlinde, Festspiele productions are ways to remember the year something happened. And of course, there were the times when Gerlinde’s brother-in-law worked at the Festspielhaus: How many productions they got to see then...
When a few weeks later the paper tells of the young Parisfal director storming out of the Festspielhaus, I remember Sonja and Gerlinde. By now, the pension will be buzzing with the cast and crew members. As Sonja serves their beers, she will collect all the latest intelligence about what’s up on the Festspielhaus hill. I smile. I wish I were back where Cosima and Richard are household names...
...director, and set and costume designer Rosalie, the professional name of Gudrun Muller. This is the pair's first time working on the Ring at Bayreuth as well. The result is an expected success for Levine, a muddled start for Kirchner and a deserved round of boos -- as only Festspielhaus crowds can bay them -- for Rosalie...
...creative trio only Levine trusted his material and worked to burnish it. His Wagner has been criticized for being too slow. Certainly he chooses rapture rather than excitement. In the Festspielhaus, with its marvelous acoustics, every instrument is audible and clear. Under Levine's baton the music seems translucent, and the melodies play themselves. "It is as if I am standing in front of a treasure chest," the conductor says, "and the idea is to draw it all out where the listener can hear it and feel it and get involved...