Release Date

26 Jul, 2026

Runtime

03:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Rienzi - Bayreuther Festspiele

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Actors

Andreas Schager

Gabriela Scherer

Andreas Bauer Kanabas

Jennifer Holloway

Michael Nagy

Vitalij Kowaljow

Matthias Stier

Michael Kupfer-Radecky

Victoria Randem

Nathalie Stutzmann

Crew

Nathalie Stutzmann

Richard Wagner

Alexandra Szemerédy

Magdolna Parditka

Richard Wagner