Singer

Even if it starts with the folk-song text "To wander is the miller’s delight," Schubert's cycle Die schöne Müllerin is not a collection of innocuous  traditional songs. Instead, we have before us possibly the most beautiful early Romantic opera, albeit in miniature format. A man breaks down because of unrequited love. This octet version combining string quartet, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, and horn, an ensemble invented by Schubert, paints the existential drama in even more vivid colors.

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The Beautiful Miller's Daughter

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

In order to free her husband Florestan, Leonore disguises herself as a male prison guard and sneaks into a prison. Beethoven’s only opera is infused with an unwavering belief in the power of hope. The powerful liberation music at the end anticipates the «Ode to Joy» from his Ninth Symphony. Andreas Homoki separates the plot from its bourgeois comic light opera context, focusing instead on the utopian idea of world brotherhood and the universal themes of humanity that Beethoven chose as his central focus. Klaus Florian Vogt, one of the most outstanding tenors of our time, will appear as Florestan.

Fidelio

Zurich Opera House

The male alliance of the Knights of the Grail is in crisis. Time and again, knights desert to the opposite realm of the sorcerer Klingsor, who had previously been rejected by the circle of knights.

Parsifal

Vienna State Opera

Elsa of Brabant is suspected of having killed her younger brother Gottfried in the forest. When King Henry the Fowler asks Elsa to defend herself, she pleads for an imaginary knight to come to her aid. Suddenly, Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, appears. He promises to fight for Elsa, but makes her promise beforehand never to question him about his identity or provenance.

Lohengrin

Hamburg State Opera

The final day of The Ring is staged with The Twilight of the Gods . This completes Sir David McVicar's directorial vision, which returns the Ring to its mythical foundations and narrative linearity, rightfully placing it among the benchmarks of the Western canon. Ancient tragedy, Baroque theater, and Elizabethan drama converge in a reading that identifies two episodes of comedy— Rheingold and Siegfried —and two episodes of tragedy, Die Walküre and, above all, Götterdämmerung , which marks the final arrival at catastrophe.

Götterdämmerung (Der Ring des Nibelungen)

Teatro alla Scala

The third episode of the Tetralogy introduces the character of Siegfried, the son of siblings Siegmund and Sieglinde, who grew up in the lair of the treacherous Mime and was called upon to reforge the sword Nothung with which he would slay the dragon Fafner, guardian of the treasure, before freeing Brünnhilde from the spell of fire. A young man unfamiliar with fear, he is the protagonist of a fairytale plot that recurs with the sentiment of Nature and the obstacles to be overcome, culminating in his encounter with the Valkyrie, who renounces her divine nature for him.

Siegfried (Der Ring des Nibelungen)

The Twilight of the Gods marks the final day of The Ring of the Nibelung , before the complete performance of two cycles of the Tetralogy . This completes Sir David McVicar's directorial vision, which returns The Ring to its mythical foundations and narrative linearity, rightfully placing it among the reference points of the Western canon. Ancient tragedy, Baroque theater, and Elizabethan drama converge in a reading that identifies two episodes of comedy— Rheingold and Siegfried —and two delves into tragedy, Die Walküre and, above all, Götterdämmerung , which marks the final arrival at catastrophe.

Götterdämmerung

Fans and those who would like to become fans will experience just how entertaining Richard Wagner's music and lyrics can be in the new program "Wagner zu dritt mit Harald Schmidt." Guests of the entertainer include Klaus Florian Vogt and Jobst Schneiderat.

»Wagner threesome with Harald Schmidt«

Theater Lübeck

Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis stands tall among the greatest sacred choral works, a monumental setting of the Mass text and the first piece performed in the then-new Symphony Hall in 1900. From soaring solo lines to striking contrasts — like the prayerful Agnus Dei interrupted by martial fanfares — Beethoven’s vision combines dramatic orchestration, virtuosic choral writing, and profound emotional depth.

Beethoven Missa Solemnis | Boston, Symphony Hall, & the BSO in 1900

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Repelled by the dispassion of the Wartburg society of minnesingers, Tannhäuser, a singer-knight, removes to the interior of the Venusberg in search of fulfilment. Eventually his longing for Elisabeth leads him to leave again. Back at the Wartburg castle, Tannhäuser takes part in a singing contest whose theme is the nature of love, but when he sings that love is ideally about sensual satisfaction, he is cast out and sent to Rome to seek papal absolution. He returns from Rome without the hoped-for indulgence and resolves to return to the Venusberg. Then a miracle occurs and he finds redemption after all.

Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Gala Concert Fabio Luisi

Opernhaus Zürich

Exactly one hundred years since Pierre Boulez was born. Conductor, composer, theoretician, how can we sum up this figure, whose tutelary shadow continues to hover over the past century? Philippe Manoury, who was a close friend, pays tribute to him, and after his whimsical Notations , the Orchestre National de France remembers the immense Wagnerian that was Boulez: the first act of Die Walküre resurrects memories of a certain Bayreuth festival.

The Valkyrie / Ratings

Cité de la Musique

When Richard Wagner developed his initial ideas for Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in the mid-1840s, he had no intention of writing a monumental "festive opera". The work was intended to be a facile comedy, a jovial and humorous satyr play to place alongside his Tannhäuser, since – like Tannhäuser – reflections on art and artists are its focus. More than two decades later, he had a musical score that was one of the most extensive and multi-layered of his entire repertoire, and that aroused controversy.

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

Bebelplatz

The ring grows from a painful insult – a spark that ignites an unleashed force that can no longer be tamed. "Das Rheingold" opens the gate to an unstoppable chain reaction that sets everything in motion and irrevocably steers destiny.

Das Rheingold

Bayreuth Festival Theatre

The Valkyrie

A young man, unaware of his origins, resolutely breaks free from old ties. "Siegfried" unfolds the tense struggle of an individual fighting his way through a web of unfulfilled expectations, oppressive silence, and crumbling power.

Siegfried

What breaks cannot be put back together. But in "Götterdämmerung" it becomes clear that even in the shadow of failure, a profound meaning shines – beyond revenge and glory.

Twilight of the Gods

The Perelada Festival presents an extraordinary concert at the Palau de la Música Catalana, bringing together the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra under the direction of Pablo Heras-Casado. An event that transcends the usual framework of the Festival and is projected as an event of great musical significance, in dialogue with a city deeply linked to the Wagnerian tradition.

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Palau de la Música Catalana

In a "church of the past", he keeps everything that reminds him of the dead - and binds him. But the grief paralyzes, hollows out and keeps Paul away from the present and the future. Until he meets Marietta, the spitting image of the deceased. The femme fatale awakens erotic desires, but also the pull of memory - and brings him to the limits of his existence.

Tenor

Klaus Florian Vogt

Events

Upcoming events

Jul 27 - Aug 12, 2026

Das Rheingold · Bayreuther Festspiele

Jul 28 - Aug 13, 2026

The Valkyrie · Bayreuther Festspiele

Jul 30 - Aug 15, 2026

Siegfried · Bayreuther Festspiele

1 - 16 Aug, 2026

Twilight of the Gods · Bayreuther Festspiele

Aug 29, 2026

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra · Festival Perelada

Past events

Jun 13, 2026

The Beautiful Miller's Daughter · Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

3 - 16 May, 2026

Fidelio · Opernhaus Zürich

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Missa solemnis by Beethoven

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Die Schöne Müllerin by Schubert

Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Lohengrin in Lohengrin by Wagner

Staatsoper Hamburg

Siegfried in Götterdämmerung by Wagner

Teatro alla Scala

Singer in Götterdämmerung by Wagner

Festival Perelada

Tannhauser in Tannhäuser by Wagner

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Singer in Die Walküre by Wagner

Festival Perelada

Parsifal in Parsifal by Wagner

Wiener Staatsoper

Lodge in Das Rheingold by Wagner

Bayreuther Festspiele

Singer in Das Rheingold by Wagner

Festival Perelada

Siegfried in Siegfried by Wagner

Bayreuther Festspiele

Singer in Siegfried by Wagner

Festival Perelada

Florestan in Fidelio by Beethoven

Opernhaus Zürich

Siegfried in Twilight of the Gods by Wagner

Bayreuther Festspiele

Paul in Die tote Stadt by Korngold

Wiener Staatsoper

Siegmund in The Valkyrie by Wagner

Bayreuther Festspiele

Siegfried in Siegfried (Der Ring des Nibelungen) by Wagner

Teatro alla Scala

Siegfried in Götterdämmerung (Der Ring des Nibelungen) by Wagner

Teatro alla Scala

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