The eternal work is done

A history of the Bayreuth Festival. Part 3

Author : Jos Hermans

First rehearsals of the first Ring

Opera history was written with the production of the first Ring in Bayreuth. Every aspect of the work was at the service of the drama, and with such an approach opera had never been realised before. Wagner's first problem was the casting and already in 1872 he was looking for 'actors who could also s…