Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Le Vaisseau fantôme (Der Fliegende Holländer), opéra en 3 actes
Tannhäuser, opéra en 3 actes
Lohengrin, opéra en 3 actes
L'Anneau du Nibelung (Der Ring des Nibelungen), cycle de 4 opéras
Tristan et Isolde (Tristan und Isolde), opéra en 3 actes
Les Maîtres chanteurs de Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), opéra en 3 actes

Samuel Youn
Benjamin Bruns
Christa Mayer
Tomislav Muzek
Ricarda Merbeth
Franz-Josef Selig
Chœur du Festival de Bayreuth
Eberhard Friedrich, direction
Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth
Christian Thielemann, direction
(Die Fliegende Höllander)

Torsten Kerl
Camilla Nylund
Michelle Breedt
Markus Eiche
Kwangchul Youn
Lothar Odinius
Thomas Jesatko
Stefan Heibach
Rainer Zaun
Chœur et orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth
Axel Kober, direction
(Tannhäuser)

Georg Zeppenfeld
Klaus Florian Vogt
Annette Dasch
Jukka Rasilainen
Petra Lang
Samuel Youn
Stefan Heibach
Willem van der Heyden
Rainer Zaun
Christian Tschelebiew
Bayreuth Festival Chorus
Eberhard Friedrich, direction
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, direction
(Lohengrin)

Albert Dohmen
Ralf Lukas
Clemens Bieber
Arnold Bezuyen
Kwangchul Youn
Hans-Peter König
Andrew Shore
Gerhard Siegel
Michelle Breedt
Edith Haller
Christa Mayer
Fionnuala McCarthy
Ulrike Helzel
Simone Schröder
Choeur du Festival de Bayreuth
Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth
Christian Thielemann, direction
(L'Or du Rhin)

Endrik Wottrich
Kwangchul Youn
Albert Dohmen
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Linda Watson
Michelle Breedt
Martina Dike
Sonja Mühleck
Anna Gabler
Martina Dike
Simone Schröder
Edith Haller
Wilke te Brummelstroete
Annette Küttenbaum
Manuela Bress
Choeur du Festival de Bayreuth
Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth
Christian Thielemann, direction
(La Valkyrie)

Stephen Gould
Gerhard Siegel
Albert Dohmen
Andrew Shore
Hans-Peter König
Christa Mayer
Linda Watson
Robin Johannsen
Choeur du Festival de Bayreuth
Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth
Christian Thielemann, direction
(Siegfried)

Stephen Gould
Ralf Lukas
Hans-Peter König
Andrew Shore
Linda Watson
Edith Haller
Christa Mayer
Simone Schröder
Martina Dike
Edith Haller
Fionnuala McCarthy
Ulrike Helzel
Simone Schröder
Choeur du Festival de Bayreuth
Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth
Christian Thielemann, direction
(Le crépuscule des Dieux)

Robert Dean Smith
Iréne Theorin
Michelle Breedt
Robert Holl
Jukka Rasilainen
Ralf Lukas
Clemens Bieber
Arnold Bezuyen
Martin Snell
Choeur du Festival de Bayreuth
Eberhard Friedrich, direction
Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth
Peter Schneider, direction
(Tristant & Isolde)

Franz Hawlata
Artur Korn
Michael Volle
Klaus Florian Vogt
Norbert Ernst
Michaela Kaune
Chœur du Festival de Bayreuth
Eberhard Friedrich, direction
Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth
Sebastian Weigle, direction
(Les Maîtres chanteurs de Nuremberg)

This epic collection brings together all of Opus Arte's recordings from the Bayreuth Festival. Included are many of Wagner's much-admired operas which show how the mastery of composer, conductor, and performer can combine to create a true musical excellence. Wagner's epic four-opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, is a work of extraordinary scale and is given an interpretation that is both thrilling and sensitive by the conductor Christian Thielemann and a cast of renowned Wagner interpreters. Thielemann also presents an incredible account of Der fliegende Holländer in a recording which secured his place as the world's greatest Wagner conductor. Klaus Florian Vogt is staggering in the title role of Lohengrin, with Andris Nelsons brings out the best in the festival chorus and orchestra. This recording of Tannhäuser, Wagner’s tale of the struggle between spiritual and profane love, and of redemption through love, was described by Opera Journal as 'outstanding’, whilst Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, which tells a humorous tale about artistically inclined craftsmen, was described as ‘on an entirely new Wagnerian scale…” (The Washington Post). The set is completed by the critically acclaimed recording of Tristan und Isolde starring the leading Wagner exponents Robert Dean Smith and Iréne Theorin in the title roles.