Live Streaming from Bayreuth

The Bayreuth festival will live stream its production of Katerina Wagner's Meistersinger on July 27.  One has to purchase an online ticket for this event which is good for viewings from July 27 to August 2 and costs 49 Euros.  More information on this event can be found on the Bayreuth website:

http://live.bayreuther-festspiele.de/order.html

 

Ben Heppner as Siegfried

The long awaited debut of Ben Heppner in the role of Siegfried will finally take place at the Nouvelle Sale in Aix-en-Provence, as part of the music Festival. The build-up towards a complete Ring has started this year, 2006, and will continue with Die Walküre in 2007.
The dates for Siegfried are June 28 and July 1, 4, and 7, 2008.
The dates for Götterdämmerung are July 3, 6, 9 and 12, 2009.

As of now, the casts are:

Siegfried
Siegfried- Ben Heppner
Mime- Burkhard Ulrich
Der Wanderer- Evgeny Nikitin
Alberich- Dale Duesing
Fafner- Alfred Reiter
Erda- Anna Larsson
Brünnhilde- Katarina Dalayman

Götterdämmerung
Siegfried- Ben Heppner
Gunther- Gerd Grochowski
Hagen- Mikhail Petrenko
Alberich- Dale Duesing
Brünnhilde- Katarina Dalayman
Gutrune- Mirelle Delunsch
Waltraute- Anne Sofie von Otter