• Bayreuth Artist Talk: Michael Nagy

    Bayreuth Artist Talks 2025
    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Michael Nagy will be singing Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger this year and has sung Wolfram von Eschenbach in Tannhäuser, 2011-13. Join us for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers, share insights into their roles and creative processes, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music.

    $15.00 – $60.00
  • Bayreuth Artist Talk: Matthew Newlin

    Bayreuth Artist Talks 2025
    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Matthew Newlin sings Eisslinger in Die Meistersinger, Junger Seemann in Tristan und Isolde, and the 4th Knappe in Parsifal at the Festival this year. Join us in 2025 for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers, share insights into their roles and creative processes, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth. With a relaxed and informal setting, these conversations provide a deeper understanding of the works the artists bring to life on stage, making each event a memorable encounter with the people behind the music.

    $15.00 – $60.00
  • Parsifal: Sources and Mythologies: a Talk with Thomas Launius

    Bayreuth Artist Talks 2025
    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    The ancient tradition of Storytelling in Europe, both in its original oral form and then later as written, understood that a Storyteller never “created” a story, but rather, inherited it, and then it was their sacred responsibility to be faithful to that original inheritance while at the same time developing it to speak authentically to a new generation. This talk will explore some of the ways Wagner adapted and shaped the material he inherited and how the final result has its own special message in Parsifal.

    $15.00 – $60.00
  • Bayreuth Artist Talk: Michael Spyres

    Bayreuth Artist Talks 2025
    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Michael Spyres sings Siegmund in Die Walküre and Walther in Die Meistersinger at the Bayreuth Festival this summer. Join us for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers, share insights into their roles and creative processes, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth.

    $15.00 – $60.00
  • Bayreuth Artist Talk: Jordan Shanahan

    Bayreuth Artist Talks 2025
    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Jordan Shanahan singe Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde, Klingsor in Parsifal, and Kothner in Die Meistersinger at the Bayreuth Festival this year. Join us for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers, share insights into their roles and creative processes, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth.

    $15.00 – $60.00
  • Bayreuth Artist Talk: Ekaterina Gubanova

    Bayreuth Artist Talks 2025
    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Ekaterina Gubanova this year will sing Kundry in Parsifal and Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde; from 2019-24 she performed Venus in Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival. Join us in for the Bayreuth Artists Talks Series, an engaging opportunity to connect with the exceptional performers of the Bayreuth Festival. These intimate sessions offer audiences a rare glimpse behind the scenes as artists reflect on their careers, share insights into their roles and creative processes, and discuss the unique experience of performing at Bayreuth.

    $15.00 – $60.00
  • Book Talk: Performing Wagner

    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    An event to celebrate the life of Stephen Gould and the publication of his book Performing Wagner: A Singer's Perspective on the Major Roles. Co-author Peter Phillips will relate how the book took form and lead a discussion on some of the many interesting insights that Gould offers on Wagner's heroic characters.

    Free
  • Bayreuth Talk: Soprano Catherine Foster

    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Thursday, 22 August we welcome soprano Catherine Foster, who will be singing Brünnhilde in Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung in the Ring Cycle at this year's festival. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.

    Free – $20.00
  • Bayreuth Talk: Bass Tobias Kehrer

    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Wednesday, 21 August we welcome bass Tobias Kehrer, who will be performing Fafner in Das Rheingold and Siegfried and Titurel in Parsifal. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.

    Free – $20.00
  • Bayreuth Talk: Bass-Baritone Nicholas Brownlee

    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Tuesday, 20 August we welcome bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee, who will be performing Donner in Das Rheingold. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.

    Free – $20.00
  • Bayreuth Talk: Conductor Simone Young

    Arvena Kongress Hotel Eduard-Bayerlin Str. 5a, Bayreuth, Germany

    Exploring the works in-depth with the artists performing in the Festival, we continue our series of Artists' Talks in 2024. On Monday, 19 August we welcome conductor Simone Young, who will be conducting the Ring Cycle at this year's festival. Performers will discuss their careers, the challenges and rewards of working at Bayreuth, and answer audience questions in an informal atmosphere.

    Free – $20.00