Rienzi: Bayreuth Festival 2026 (2026)
Opening the 2026 Bayreuth Festival in its 150th anniversary year, this live stream presents Wagner’s Rienzi, his early grand opera and once his greatest success, in the Festspielhaus for the first time. The staging is entrusted to award-winning directors Alexandra Szemerédy and Magdolna Parditka, while Nathalie Stutzmann conducts a superb cast led by Heldentenor Andreas Schager in the title role, with Gabriela Scherer as Irene and Jennifer Holloway as Adriano. With its massed choruses, public spectacle and private tragedy, Rienzi promises to open this landmark Bayreuth Festival in unmissable style.
Directors: Alexandra Szemerédy, Magdolna Parditka.
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Andreas Schager as Cola Rienzi |
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Gabriela Scherer as Irene |
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Andreas Bauer Kanabas as Stefano Colonna |
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Jennifer Holloway as Adriano |
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Michael Nagy as Paolo Orsini |
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Vitalij Kowaljow as Raimondo |
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Matthias Stier as Baroncelli |
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Michael Kupfer-Radecky as Cecco del Vecchio |
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Victoria Randem as The Messenger of Peace |
| Sound | Nathalie Stutzmann | Conductor |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Alexandra Szemerédy | Director |
| Directing | Magdolna Parditka | Director |
| Writing | Richard Wagner | Writer |
