Three Wagner operas from Bayreuth, Saturdays 11/1, 8 & 15, @ 1pm

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Published October 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM EDT

The Bayreuth Festival is truly one of a kind. The whole enterprise was the culmination of Richard Wagner’s lifelong dream for a place to stage his operas and to this day the festival is dedicated purely to performances of Wagner’s works. Read more about the magnificent Festspielhaus.

11/1 Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany)
CAST:
Georg Zeepenfeld (Hans Sachs)
Jongmin Park (Veit Pgoner)
Martin Koch (Kunz Vogelgesang)
Werner Van Mechelen (Konrad Nachtigall)
Michael Nagy (Sixtus Beckmesser)
Jordan Shanahan (Fritz Kothner)
Daniel Jenz (Balthasar Zorn)
Matthew Newlin(Ulrich Eisslinger)
Gideon Poppe (Augustin Moser)
Alexander Grassauer (Hermann Ortel)
Tijl Faveyts (Hans Shwatz)
Patrick Zielke (Hans Foltz)
Michael Spyres (Walther von Stolzing)
Matthias Stier (David)
Christina Nilsson (Eva)
Christa Mayer (Magdalena)
Tobias Kehrer (a night watchman)

11/8 Wagner: Parsifal (Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany)
CAST:
Andreas Schager (Parsifal)
Michael Volle (Armfortas)
Tobias Kehrer (Titurel)
Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz)
Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor)
Ekaterina Gubanova (Kundry)
Daniel Jenz (1^st Knight of the Grail)
Tijl Faveyts (2^nd Knight of the Grail)
Lavinia Dames (1^st Esquire)
Margaret Plummer (2^nd Esquire)
Gideon Poppe (3^rd Esquire)
Matthew Newlin (4^th Esquire)
Evelin Novak (flower maiden)
Catalina Bertucci (flower maiden)
Victoria Randem (flower maiden)
Marie Henriette Reinhold (flower maiden)

11/15 Wagner: Lohengrin (Bayreuth Festival in Bayreuth, Germany)
CAST:
Piotr Beczala (Lohengrin)
Mika Kares (Heinrich der Vogler)
Elza van den Heever (Elsa of Brabant)
Ólafur Sigurðarson (Friedrich von Telramund)
Miina-Liisa Värelä (Ortrud)
Michael Kupfer-Radecky (King’s Herald)
Martin Koch (first nobleman of Brabant)
Felix Pacher (third nobleman of Brabant)
Markus Suihkonen (fourth nobleman of Brabant)

11/22 Tchaikovsky: Iolanta (Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria)
CAST:
Sonya Yoncheva (blind daughter of King René)
Ivo Stanchev (René, King of Provence)
Boris Pinkhasovich (Robert, Duke of Burgundy)
Dmytro Popov (Count Vaudémont)
Attila Mokus (Ibn-Hakia)
Daniel Jez (Alméric)
Simonas Strazdas (Bertrand)
Monika Bohinec (Marta)
Maria Nazarova (Brigitta)
Daria Sushkova (Laura)

11/29 Strauss: Arabella (Vienna State Opera in Vienna, Austria)
CAST:
Camilla Nylund (Arabella)
Sabine Devieilhe (Zdenka)
Michael Volle (Mandruka)
Margaret Plummer (Adelaide)
Wolfgang Bankl (Count Waldner)
Michael Laurenz (Matteo)