Rienzi - Bayreuther Festspiele
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.
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Andreas Schager
Cola Rienzi
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Gabriela Scherer
Irene
Andreas Bauer Kanabas
Stefano Colonna
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Jennifer Holloway
Adriano
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Falstaff
Michael Nagy
Paolo Orsini
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Vitalij Kowaljow
Raimondo
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Matthias Stier
Baroncelli
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Michael Kupfer-Radecky
Cecco del Vecchio
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Victoria Randem
The Messenger of Peace
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Nathalie Stutzmann
Self - Conductor
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Alexandra Szemerédy Director · Magdolna Parditka Director Richard Wagner Writer
First release July 26, 2026
Production
Bayreuther Festspiele
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · July 26, 2026
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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