This year’s Budapest Wagner Days focuses on renewal and diversity, featuring – instead of the Ring tetralogy – three other monumental musical dramas of the iconic composer.
The twelve-year history of this opera festival has seen the staged performances of every great opera of Wagner. Each season featured performers regarded as the best interpreters of Wagner’s art. The Flying Dutchman returns this season, with Sweden’s great baritone John Lundgren in the title role, along with a modern interpretation of Tannhäuser, directed by Matthias Oldag. A new performance of Tristan and Isolde is directed by Cesare Lievi. The artistic director and conductor of the festival is Kossuth Prize winner Ádám Fischer whose professional experience guarantees to reveal the catharsis of Wagner’s music.
