The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Richard Laing reflects on the delicious frustration that is the Bayreuth experience
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Richard Laing reflects on the delicious frustration that is the Bayreuth experience
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Reviews of Der Ring des Nibelungen, directed Schwarz, conducted Young, Bayreuth, 2024; Parsifal, directed Scheib, conducted Heras-Casado, Bayreuth, 2024.
November 2024, Volume 18, Number 3, 66–70.
It’s a pain to get to, finding accommodation is a nightmare, the seats are uncomfortable, a glass of Riesling at the bar will cost you more than a fancy bottle of the stuff back home and the productions are famously a hit-and-miss affair. Why do some of us see Bayreuth as a kind of operatic Shangri-La?