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Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac

For the festival’s 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to generate visuals reflecting Wagner’s tetralogy’s past, present – and future. The hyperactive result is a dismal, mindless mess

The Guardian - UK

AI-assisted staging draws boos at the Richard Wagner festival in Germany

An experiment with artificial intelligence at the annual Richard Wagner festival in the German town of Bayreuth has drawn boos from the audience after producing a staging that appeared to leave some spectators confused

The Independent UK

Tenor Piotr Beczała sings different productions of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' 41 hours apart

The tenor Piotr Beczała has been impressing audiences with his back-to-back performances in Wagner's “Lohengrin” in less than 41 hours

The Independent UK

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'It’s very dear to many people': Katharina Wagner on reviving 'Lohengrin' for the Liceu

175 years since it was first performed, Katharina Wagner presents 'Lohengrin' at Barcelona's Teatre Liceu - with a surprise twist...

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Brahms: Piano Concertos; Piano Pieces Opp 116-119 album review – Levit’s performance is utterly compelling

It’s hard to think of a better recording of Brahms’ late solo works for piano, even if the two concertos they are packaged with here are less convincing

The Guardian - UK

Bayreuth to present special Ring Cycle in 2026; 30 sellouts this year as ticket sales rebound

A special Ring Cycle will be performed for the 150th anniversary Bayreuth Festival in 2026, the annual Richard Wagner showcase said as this season’s schedule ended with sellouts for all 30 performances

The Independent UK

No gimmicks, no clutter: Zürich Opera’s is a Ring cycle to cherish

Andreas Homoki’s detailed staging focuses on compelling and clear storytelling, and, with Gianandrea Noseda bringing energy and directness to Wagner’s music, this is a fresh and intelligent new cycle

The Guardian - UK

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The joys of January, from classy telly to quiet pubs

Brief letters: A good start to the year | It pays to be wealthy | Time for more recognition | The best crime-fighting duos

The Guardian - UK

Joana Mallwitz is the first woman to lead a Berlin orchestra. And, no, she hasn’t seen Tár

Comparisons to Cate Blanchett’s fictional conductor abound. But for Mallwitz that is irrelevant – her work is the thing

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Gould obituary

Tenor whose robust and attractive tone enhanced a thrillingly heroic delivery

The Guardian - UK

Christian Thielemann picks up baton as director of Berlin State Opera from old rival

The German conductor will take over from Daniel Barenboim who announced his resignation in January

The Guardian - UK

Christian Thielemann chosen to succeed Daniel Barenboim as music director of Berlin's Staatsoper

Berlin's city government says Christian Thielemann has been chosen as the new general music director of the city's Staatsoper, months after Daniel Barenboim ended his three-decade reign

The Independent UK

The week in classical: Das Rheingold; Lucerne festival review – all about oil

From an all-consuming performance of Barrie Kosky’s fierce new Rheingold to a stage invasion in Lucerne, musical excellence and the climate emergency went hand in hand

The Guardian - UK

Bruckner: Nine Symphonies review – Concertgebouw’s early gift is a conducting masterclass

In advance of Bruckner’s bicentenary, a roll call of tremendous historic interpretations is a timely reminder of this orchestra’s superb playing

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Christian Thielemann leads Vienna Philharmonic US tour

Christian Thielemann is leading the Vienna Philharmonic’s six-concert U.S. tour as another symphony of his Bruckner cycle with the orchestra is released on CD

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Paavo Järvi returns to Bruckner 7; I Giardini play Caroline Shaw

Järvi and the the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich hit a sweet spot in their Bruckner cycle. And Shaw’s work beguiles, whether on piano, cello or flower pots

The Guardian - UK

Daniel Barenboim to resign from Berlin State Opera role due to poor health

Conductor and pianist says he can ‘no longer achieve the level of performance required of a general music director’

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Ring of the Nibelung; Berlin Philharmonic/ Fischer review – a human experiment

Outstanding performances can’t save Tcherniakov’s new Ring, complete with live rabbits, from closing to a barrage of boos…

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The Ring Cycle review – ideas-free patchwork staging signals Bayreuth’s fading authority

Valentin Schwarz’s new staging of Wagner’s epic has some thought-provoking moments, but few were sustainable and most were just distracting

The Independent UK

Carnegie Hall plans return to full schedule in 2022-23

Carnegie Hall plans a return to a relatively full schedule next season for the first time since 2018-19, presenting about 150 events that include Kirill Petrenko’s first New York appearances as music director of the Berlin Philharmonic

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