Festival and residency offer up an opera feast
China DailyStage photo of the Roland Schwab production of Tristan and Isolde in 2022. "Bayreuth in Shanghai "will present Wagner's three major works — Tristan and Isolde, Die Walkure and Tannhauser — as well as a series of educational activities and special editions of operas made for children. Launched by Richard Wagner in 1876, the Bayreuth Festival is one of the top summer art festivals in Europe, focusing on presenting the composer's last 10 works including The Flying Dutchman and Der Ring des Nibelungen. Among them, director Roland Schwab's 2022 production of Tristan and Isolde will debut in the metropolis at the Shanghai Grand Theatre from July 4 to 6 next year. Its writing reflects on Richard Wagner's affair with Mathilde Wesendonck and is deeply influenced by Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung written by German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.
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