Pierre Boulez at the Bayreuth Festival
"My main goal was to get rid of the so-called tradition"
My main goal was to get rid of the so-called tradition, which for me is unbearable. I mean, what is tradition? Tradition is really [somebody's] mannerisms, which are transmitted and transformed [into the worst] mannerism[s] because they at this point have no raison d'etre. Everyone has his own mannerisms. I am sure I have my own mannerisms, but I don't ask anyone to imitate me.
Pierre Boulez in the documentary about the Chéreau/ Boulez Ring at Bayreuth
"I like the type of danger you experience when conducting...you have no time, you must do nothing but concentrate."
Pierre Boulez
1966
Parsifal
Production: Wieland Wagner
1967
Parsifal
Production: Wieland Wagner
1968
Parsifal
Production: Wieland Wagner
1970
Parsifal
Production: Wieland Wagner
1976
Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung
Production: Patrice Chéreau
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1977
Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung
Production: Patrice Chéreau
1978
Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung
Production: Patrice Chéreau
1979
Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung
Production: Patrice Chéreau
1980
Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Siegfried
Götterdämmerung
Production: Patrice Chéreau
2004
Parsifal
Production: Christoph Schlingensief
2005
Parsifal
Production: Christoph Schlingensief
Pierre Boulez in rehearsal
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