Weimar Wagner Week 2011: Ring and Tristan
The nationally acclaimed Ring in Weimar will be exclusively performed in two festive cycles in combination with the new production of Tristan und Isolde. The two Weimar Wagner Weeks feature an accompanying programme of evening song recitals, lectures and discussions.
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Conductor Martin Hoff
Director Michael Schulz
Set Designer Dirk
Brünnhilde Catherine Foster
Wotan Mario Hoff / Renatus Mészár
Siegfried Stefan Vinke and Norbert Schmittberg
Tristan und Isolde
Conductor Stefan Solyom
Director Karsten Wiegand
Set Designer Bärbl
Isolde Catherine Foster
Tristan Franco Farina
Marke Remigiusz Lukomski/Hidekazu Tsumaya
Weimar Wagner Week I (Pentecost)
Tristan und Isolde 5 June 2011 / Großes Haus
Evening song recitals / lectures / discussions 6 & 7 June 2011
Das Rheingold 8 June 2011 / Großes Haus
Die Walküre 9 June 2011 / Großes Haus
Siegfried 11 June 2011 / Großes Haus
Götterdämmerung 13 June 2011 / Großes Haus
Weimar Wagner Week II
Tristan und Isolde 2 July 2011 / Großes Haus
Evening song recitals / lectures / discussions 3–5 July 2011
Das Rheingold 6 July 2011 / großes haus
Die Walküre 7 July 2011 / großes haus
Siegfried 9 July 2011 / großes haus
Götterdämmerung 10 July 2011 / großes haus
“Michael Schulz offers a daring, unusual and completely unconventional interpretation which sets new standards. He and his directing team have purged Wagner’s masterpiece from pathos and myths, and instilled their interpretation with psychological and dramaturgical plausibility. The result is a Weltendrama that exhibits a fascinatingly timeless legitimacy which sheds light on the human element.” Thüringische Landeszeitung, 11. April 2009