Pieczonka in Bayreuth 2012

Adrianne Pieczonka would make her Bayreuth début as Senta for a new production of Der fliegende Holländer in 2012. German tenor Michael König will sing Erik. As it already known, Christian Thielemann will conduct.

In this September, Pieczonka successfully débuted the role at Paris with Matti Salminen, Klaus Florian Vogt and James Morris.

OA to release 2 Bayreuth live recordings

As announced in August by the festival authority and written about dates by WagneroperaNET on Twitter, Opus Arte is releasing 2 recent live recordings at Bayreuth: Ring cycle in 2008 (CDs) and Tristan und Isolde in 2009 (DVDs and Blu-rays). The Ring cycle set is scheduled for release on 26 October according to Presto Classical, an online shop, and Amazon.co.uk but Opus Arte seems to put the date on 1 November. For the Tristan DVDs, the shop announces the date as 4 January 2010, and for Blu-rays Amazon the one as 26 October, yet the label nothing. The authority makes no reference to details. Anyway, they come to hand soon.

Bayreuth's order form has arrived

The order form for the Bayreuth Festival 2010 arrived at my post last Saturday. As announced already, the festival opens on 25 July 2010 with a new production of Lohengrin staged by Hans Neuenfels and conducted by Andris Nelsons, and ends 28 August. The other programmes are Der Ring des Niebelungen, Parsifal and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and staffs are the same as this year. Casts are TBA. Prices seem to be raised due to the pay-rise for their backstage workers. The highest one is €280 in A1 category, the lowest €15 in G4. The deadline is 16 October 2009 and your order has to reach by this date at the latest. Don't miss it.