List of Bayreuth Festival productions of Der Ring des Nibelungen
This list gives details of all the performances of Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring Des Nibelungen produced at the Bayreuth Festival, from the festival's inception in 1876, down to 2017. For differing reasons, no festivals were held between 1877 and 1881, 1915 to 1923, and 1943 to 1950. There were a few other years when the festival was "rested", and some in which it was dedicated to other Wagner operas.
Since the revival of the festival after the Second World War, a general principle has developed in which new productions are introduced to the festival at regular intervals, each such production being staged for five years followed by a "rest" year.
Table
Year | Stage director[n 1] | Conductor(s) | Notes |
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1876 | Richard Wagner | Hans Richter | 3 cycles performed of Wagner's original production, in first Bayreuth Festival |
1896 | Cosima Wagner | Felix Mottl Hans Richter Siegfried Wagner | |
1897 | Cosima Wagner | Hans Richter Siegfried Wagner | |
1899 | Cosima Wagner | Siegfried Wagner | |
1901 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner (co-directors) | Hans Richter Siegfried Wagner | |
1902 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner | Hans Richter Siegfried Wagner | |
1904 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner | Hans Richter Franz Beidler | Beidler was Cosima Wagner's son-in-law[1] |
1906 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner | Hans Richter Siegfried Wagner | |
1908 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner | Hans Richter | |
1909 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner | Michael Balling | |
1911 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner | Michael Balling | |
1912 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner | Michael Balling | |
1914 | Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner | Michael Balling | 29 cycles performed of this production were performed between 1896–1914, under Cosima and Siegfried Wagner. Cosima's involvement was largely symbolic after 1908 |
1924 | Siegfried Wagner | Michael Balling | |
1925 | Siegfried Wagner | Michael Balling | |
1927 | Siegfried Wagner | Franz von Hoesslin | |
1928 | Siegfried Wagner | Franz von Hoesslin Siegfried Wagner | |
1930 | Siegfried Wagner | Karl Elmendorff | |
1931 | Siegfried Wagner | Karl Elmendorff | 14 cycles of this production were performed under Siegfried Wagner, 1924–1931 |
1933 | Heinz Tietjen | Karl Elmendorff | First Bayreuth Ring not directed by Wagner family member |
1934 | Heinz Tietjen | Karl Elmendorff Heinz Tietjen | |
1936 | Heinz Tietjen | Heinz Tietjen Wilhelm Furtwängler | |
1937 | Heinz Tietjen | Wilhelm Furtwängler | |
1938 | Heinz Tietjen | Heinz Tietjen | |
1939 | Heinz Tietjen | Heinz Tietjen | |
1940 | Heinz Tietjen | Franz von Hoesslin | |
1941 | Heinz Tietjen | Heinz Tietjen | |
1942 | Heinz Tietjen | Karl Elmendorff | 18 cycles of this production were performed under Tietjen, 1933–1942 |
1951 | Wieland Wagner | Hans Knappertsbusch Herbert von Karajan | |
1952 | Wieland Wagner | Joseph Keilberth | |
1953 | Wieland Wagner | Joseph Keilberth Clemens Krauss | |
1954 | Wieland Wagner | Joseph Keilberth | |
1955 | Wieland Wagner | Joseph Keilberth | |
1956 | Wieland Wagner | Joseph Keilberth Hans Knappertsbusch | |
1957 | Wieland Wagner | Hans Knappertsbusch | |
1958 | Wieland Wagner | Hans Knappertsbusch | 16 cycles of this production were performed under Wieland Wagner, 1951–1958 |
1960 | Wolfgang Wagner | Rudolf Kempe | |
1961 | Wolfgang Wagner | Rudolf Kempe | |
1962 | Wolfgang Wagner | Rudolf Kempe | |
1963 | Wolfgang Wagner | Rudolf Kempe | |
1964 | Wolfgang Wagner | Berislav Klobučar 11 cycles of this production were performed under Wolfgang Wagner, 1960–1964 | |
1965 | Wieland Wagner | Karl Böhm | |
1966 | Wieland Wagner | Karl Böhm Otmar Suitner | Wieland died in October 1966; his production continued under Wolfgang until 1969[2] |
1967 | Wolfgang Wagner | Karl Böhm Otmar Suitner | |
1968 | Wolfgang Wagner | Lorin Maazel | |
1969 | Wolfgang Wagner | Lorin Maazel | 12 cycles of this production were performed, 1965–1969. |
1970 | Wolfgang Wagner | Horst Stein | |
1971 | Wolfgang Wagner | Horst Stein | |
1972 | Wolfgang Wagner | Horst Stein | |
1973 | Wolfgang Wagner | Horst Stein | |
1974 | Wolfgang Wagner | Horst Stein | |
1975 | Wolfgang Wagner | Horst Stein | 16 cycles of this production were performed under Wolfgang Wagner, 1970–1975 |
1976 | Patrice Chéreau | Pierre Boulez | Centenary Ring production |
1977 | Patrice Chéreau | Pierre Boulez | |
1978 | Patrice Chéreau | Pierre Boulez | |
1979 | Patrice Chéreau | Pierre Boulez | |
1980 | Patrice Chéreau | Pierre Boulez | 16 cycles of this production were performed under Chéreau, 1976–1980 |
1983 | Peter Hall | Georg Solti | |
1984 | Peter Hall | Peter Schneider | |
1985 | Peter Hall | Peter Schneider | |
1986 | Peter Hall | Peter Schneider | 12 cycles of this production were performed under Hall, 1983–1986 |
1988 | Harry Kupfer | Daniel Barenboim | |
1989 | Harry Kupfer | Daniel Barenboim | |
1990 | Harry Kupfer | Daniel Barenboim | |
1991 | Harry Kupfer | Daniel Barenboim | |
1992 | Harry Kupfer | Daniel Barenboim | 15 cycles of this production were performed under Kupfer, 1988–1992 |
1994 | Alfred Kirchner | James Levine | |
1995 | Alfred Kirchner | James Levine | |
1996 | Alfred Kirchner | James Levine | |
1997 | Alfred Kirchner | James Levine | |
1998 | Alfred Kirchner | James Levine | 15 cycles of this production were performed under Levine, 1994–1998 |
2000 | Jürgen Flimm | Giuseppe Sinopoli | |
2001 | Jürgen Flimm | Ádám Fischer | |
2002 | Jürgen Flimm | Ádám Fischer | |
2003 | Jürgen Flimm | Ádám Fischer | |
2004 | Jürgen Flimm | Ádám Fischer | 15 cycles of this production were performed under Flimm, 2000–2004 |
2006 | Tancred Dorst | Christian Thielemann | |
2007 | Tancred Dorst | Christian Thielemann | |
2008 | Tancred Dorst | Christian Thielemann | |
2009 | Tancred Dorst | Christian Thielemann | |
2010 | Tancred Dorst | Christian Thielemann | 15 cycles of this production were performed under Dorst, 2007–2010 |
2013 | Frank Castorf | Kirill Petrenko | |
2014 | Frank Castorf | Kirill Petrenko | |
2015 | Frank Castorf | Kirill Petrenko | |
2016 | Frank Castorf | Marek Janowski | |
2017 | Frank Castorf | Marek Janowski | 15 cycles of this production were performed under Castorf, 2013–2017 |
2022 | Valentin Schwarz | Pietari Inkinen | Production originally scheduled for 2020 but postponed, probably to 2022, by Coronavirus pandemic. |
Total number of Ring cycles performed at Bayreuth, 1876 to 2017: 222
Notes and references
Notes
- Apart from the stage direction of the various productions, the festival has since 1876 been under the overall control of a member of the Wagner family: Richard Wagner until his death in 1883; Cosima from 1883 until 1908; her son Siegfried from 1909 until 1930; his wife Winifred from 1930 to 1945; her sons Wieland and Wolfgang from 1951 to 1966; Wolfgang alone from 1967 until 2008; his daughters Eva Wagner-Pasquier and Katharina Wagner since 2009.
Citations
- Spotts 1994, p. 122.
- Spotts 1994, pp. 246–248.
Sources
- Spotts, Frederic (1994). Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-05777-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival - all the productions". Wagneropera.net. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- "Performance Database—Bayreuther Festspiele". Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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