Bayreuth’s new Flying Dutchman is a game of doctors and nurses

Bayreuth’s new Flying Dutchman is a game of doctors and nurses

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norman lebrecht

August 01, 2018

First rehearsal shot from NHS ward Wagner:

 Photo: Enrico Nawrath/ Bayreuther Festspiele

Comments

  • Pedro says:

    It is not new. I have seen it four years ago, superbly conducted by Thielemann.

  • Caravaggio says:

    Correct. Not a new production. The video lives on YouTube and is a testament to the overall ghastliness of it all. But it doesn’t end with the production. For instance, Merbeth as Senta is a non-event and reason enough to avoid this. She was the Senta again two evenings ago. The others were neither here nor there so nothing memorable about the effort. Thielemann alone could not/cannot save the show.

    https://youtu.be/mFqX_oZPL6g

    • Pedro says:

      Yes. Macbeth was terrible and Nikitin was expelled after the first rehearsal because he had a swastika tatoo in his body.

  • Player says:

    In fact, this is the OLDEST of Bayreuth’s current productions. It was new in, erm, 2012. Eight years ago.

    Still no correction.

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