Bayreuth Festival 2024

For the first time, there will be more female than male conductors conducting at the Bayreuth Festival

For the first time in the history of the Bayreuth Festival, there will be more female than male conductors in the pit. In 2024, Simone Young will conduct the Ring, stepping in for Philippe Jordan, who unfortunately had to cancel. The lineup for this year also includes Oksana Lyniv, Nathalie Stutzmann, Semyon Bychkov, and Pablo Heras-Casado. With Simone Young, a female conductor will lead the tetralogy in Bayreuth for the first time. Engaging her had been a longstanding aspiration for the artistic director, but prior commitments had prevented an earlier collaboration.

Tristan und Isolde

New production of Tristan und Isolde.
Stage director: Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Tristan: Andreas Schager
Isolde Camilla Nylund
King Marke Günther Groissböck
Kurwenal Olafur Sigurdarson
Melot Birger Radde
Brangäne Ekaterina Gubanova
Steuermann Lawson Anderson
Junger Seemann Matthew Newlin

Parsifal

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib
Stage design: Mimi Lien
Costumes: Meentje Nielsen
Video: Joshua Higgason
Chorus master: Eberhard Friedrich

Amfortas: Derek Welton
Titurel: Tobias Kehrer
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld
Parsifal: Andreas Schager
Klingsor: Jordan Shanahan
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova
1. Gralsritter: Siyabonga Maqungo
2. Gralsritter: Jens-Erik Aasbø
1. Knappe: Betsy Horne
2. Knappe: Margaret Plummer
3. Knappe: Jorge Rodríguez-Norton
4. Knappe: Matthew Newlin
Klingsors Zaubermädchen: Evelin Novak, Margaret Plummer, Julia Grüter, Betsy Horne, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Altsolo: Marie Henriette Reinhold

Tannhäuser

Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Director: Tobias Kratzer
Stage design: Rainer Sellmaier
Costumes: Rainer Sellmaier
Light: Reinhard Traub
Video: Manuel Braun
Dramaturgy: Konrad Kuhn
Chorus master: Eberhard Friedrich

Landgraf Hermann: Günther Groissböck
Tannhäuser: Klaus Florian Vogt
Wolfram von Eschenbach: Markus Eiche
Walther von der Vogelweide: Siyabonga Maqungo
Biterolf: Olafur Sigurdarson
Heinrich der Schreiber: Jorge Rodríguez-Norton
Reinmar von Zweter: Jens-Erik Aasbø
Elisabeth: Elisabeth Teige
Venus: Ekaterina Gubanova / Irene Roberts

Ein junger Hirt Julia Grüter
Le Gateau Chocolat Le Gateau Chocolat / Kyle Patrick
Oskar: Manni Laudenbach

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Das Rheingold

Simone Young (conductor)
Valentin Schwarz (director)
Andrea Cozzi (designs)
Andy Besuch (costumes)
Konrad Kuhn (dramaturgy)
Reinhard Traub (lighting)
Luis August Krawen (video)

Wotan – Tomasz Konieczny
Donner – Nicholas Brownlee
Froh – Mirko Roschkowski
Loge – John Daszak
Fricka – Christa Mayer
Freia – Christina Nilsson
Erda – Okka von der Damerau
Alberich – Olafur Sigurdarson
Mime – Arnold Bezuyen
Fasolt – Jens-Erik Aasbø
Fafner – Tobias Kehrer
Woglinde – Evelin Novak
Wellgunde – N/A
Flosshilde – Marie Henriette Reinhold

Die Walküre

Conductor Simone Young
Director Valentin Schwarz
Stage design Andrea Cozzi
Costumes Andy Besuch
Dramaturgy Konrad Kuhn
Lighting Reinhard Traub

Siegmund Michael Spyres
Hunding Georg Zeppenfeld
Wotan Tomasz Konieczny
Sieglinde Vida Miknevičiūtė
Brünnhilde Catherine Foster
Fricka Christa Mayer
Gerhilde Catharine Woodward
Ortlinde Brit-Tone Müllertz
Waltraute Claire Barnett-Jones
Schwertleite Christa Mayer
Helmwige N/A
Siegrune Alexandra Ionis
Grimgerde Marie Henriette Reinhold
Rossweisse Noa Beinart

Siegfried

Conductor Simone Young
Director Valentin Schwarz
Stage design Andrea Cozzi
Costumes Andy Besuch
Dramaturgy Konrad Kuhn
Lighting Reinhard Traub

Siegfried Klaus Florian Vogt
Mime Arnold Bezuyen
Der Wanderer Tomasz Konieczny
Alberich Olafur Sigurdarson
Fafner Tobias Kehrer
Erda Okka von der Damerau
Brünnhilde Catherine Foster
Waldvogel N/A

Götterdämmerung

Conductor Simone Young
Director Valentin Schwarz
Stage design Andrea Cozzi
Costumes Andy Besuch
Dramaturgy Konrad Kuhn
Lighting Reinhard Traub
Chorus master: Eberhard Friedrich

Siegfried Klaus Florian Vogt
Gunther Michael Kupfer-Radecky
Alberich Olafur Sigurdarson
Hagen Mika Kares
Brünnhilde Catherine Foster
Gutrune Gabriela Scherer
Waltraute Christa Mayer
1. Norn Noa Beinart
2. Norn Alexandra Ionis
3. Norn Christina Nilsson
Woglinde Evelin Novak
Wellgunde N/A
Flosshilde Marie Henriette Reinhold

Der fliegende Holländer

Conductor Oksana Lyniv
Director Dmitri Tcherniakov
Stage design Dmitri Tcherniakov
Costumes Elena Zaytseva
Lighting Gleb Filshtinsky
Dramaturgy Tatiana Werestchagina
Choral Conducting Eberhard Friedrich

Daland Georg Zeppenfeld
Senta Elisabeth Teige
Erik Eric Cutler
Mary Nadine Weissmann
Der Steuermann Matthew Newlin
Der Holländer Michael Volle

The Future

2025: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

In 2025 there will be a new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Stage director: Matthias Davids
Conductor: Daniele Gatti
Hans Sachs: Georg Zeppenfeld
Walther von Stolzing: Michael Spyres

Christan Thielemann will return to the Bayreuth Festival to conduct Yuval Sharon's production of "Lohengrin." The production will return to the schedule of the Richard Wagner Festival in 2025 after a two-year hiatus.