In Richard Wagner’s work, technical and aesthetic innovation often went hand in hand. The master of the Gesamtkunstwerk delved into the details of theater machinery. To this day, he is the only composer in music history who can boast that a patent for a stage curtain bears his name. Discourse Bayreuth focuses on the WAGNER MACHINE in encounters between artists, researchers, and the audience on the Green Hill. What innovations has the history of Bayreuth Festival produced? What ideas did Wagner himself have about an innovative theater? What perspectives do technologies like Augmented Reality offer? What ethical and aesthetic consequences does the use of such technologies have? How are they used by composers today? What prerequisites does the “human” machine need to realize the challenges of a Wagner score?
With: Markus Poschner, Jay Scheib, Nathalie Stutzmann, Georg Zeppenfeld, Johanna Dombois, Jochen Hörisch, Gundula Kreuzer, Moritz Lobeck, Kai Hinrich Müller, Brigitta Muntendorf, Wolfgang Struck, Øyvind Torvund
Concept and Moderation: Patrick Hahn, Marie Luise Maintz
To programme: https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/programm/diskurs-bayreuth/diskurs-2023-wagner-maschinen/