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Bayreuth From Myth to Modernity Bayreuth From Myth to Modernity

owhere in the world is the myth of Wagner as alive as in Bayreuth, and nowhere are performances of his Nworks followed as closely as those at the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth. But after a decade-long reign as the uncontested ruler of the Wagner Festival, the composer’s grandson Wolfgang Wagner has stepped down from his post. A new era is about to begin…

This documentary thematizes the past, present and future of the festival and provides rare insights behind the scenes of the Wagner “workshop.” For the first time ever, the film team was able to record in the legendary Bayreuth orchestra pit, giving rise to stunningly candid shots of conductor Christian Thielemann rehearsing “Götterdämmerung.” A conversation Directed by Michael Kloft with Wolfgang Wagner recorded especially for this production Peter Siebenmorgen is presumably the patriarch’s last appearance on film as head of the festival. The program also features rehearsals of Length 90' the new 2008 production of “Parsifal” with director Stefan Herheim and conductor Daniele Gatti. A production of Spiegel TV and UNITEL Members of the Wagner family and leading Wagner in coproduction with ZDF and CLASSICA interpreters of our time also comment on the unique Wagner in cooperation with ARTE aura. The authors have assembled an amazing collection of historical film material and photos on the history of the festival. shot in HDTV 1080 There are also excerpts from great productions recorded by Cat. no. A05512343 UNITEL starting in the 1970s.

“Bayreuth – From Myth to Modernity” also describes the

collapse of a world order: the twilight of the gods depicted Design: luebbeke.com in “Götterdämmerung” is a powerful symbol in the canon of the Bayreuth Festival. Wagnerians of today, however, look confidently toward the future and see in Bayreuth less a twilight than a dawn – the dawn of a new leadership, a new artistic direction, and a new era with Wolfgang Wagner’s daughters Eva Wagner-Pasquier and Katharina Wagner.

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