Sebastian Weigle - conductor of Katharina Wagner's production of Meistersinger at Bayreuth
Sebastian Weigle conducts Katharina Wagner's production of Die Meistersinger
von Nürnberg at the Festival in Bayreuth.
Photo: Hauth
Sebastian Weigle is General Music Director of Frankfurt Opera. Since 2004 he has been General Music Director of Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. But conducting at the Bayreuth Festival is special, he tells Festspiele.de:
Bayreuth is the highlight of my career. When Wolfgang Wagner called me on the phone, I felt like I’d been granted the lead role in a Hollywood movie. It is such an honour to enter the tradition of great conductors here in Bayreuth.
Sebastian Weigle's career has brought him to:
- Berliner Staatsoper
- Wiener Staatsoper
- Nationaltheater Mannheim
- Staatsoper Dresden
- Deutsche Oper Berlin
- Metropolitan Opera New York
- Volksoper Wien
- Cincinnati Opera House
- Sydney Opera House
Sebastian Weigle has conducted numerous orchestras and made many recordings and DVDs.
Katharina Wagner's Bayreuth production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on DVD