Bayreuth Festival 2024: Tristan und Isolde

The annual new production at the Bayreuth Festival is always one of the most eagerly awaited events in the operatic calendar. And 2024 was no exception, as it's the turn of Wagner's great "opus metaphysicum", Tristan und Isolde to be staged afresh at the festival the composer founded in 1876. A revolutionary work of music theatre, Tristan presents any director with a fascinating mixture of challenges and opportunities, which will be taken on by the innovative Icelandic director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson, making his Bayreuth debut. The production's musical director is Semyon Bychkov, who conducts a cast led by Camilla Nylund singing Isolde for the first time on the "Green Hill" and Bayreuth regular Andreas Schager as Tristan.