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DESCRIPTION:Aug 29 - Sep 8\, 2026\nOrchestras of renown tour all the time\,
  touring being one of the main things they’re renowned for. The Bayreuth
  Festival Orchestra\, renowned as it is\, basically does not tour\, for se
 veral reasons. For one thing\, it’s a seasonal ensemble\, made up of pri
 ncipals from leading institutions throughout Germany and beyond. For anoth
 er\, the unique Bayreuth acoustic—a function of Wagner’s out-of-sight 
 “mystic gulf” of an orchestra pit\, descending deep below the stage—
 is impossible to reproduce elsewhere. A big plus for the instrumentalists 
 is that they can work in T-shirts and shorts if they feel like it\; the co
 nductor\, also. For a rare post-Festival runout to Spain of all places\, t
 hey’d best be packing concert dress. Leading the charge is the charismat
 ic Pablo Heras-Casado\, 48\, a Spanish encyclopedist who is acclaimed in r
 epertory from Monteverdi and has lately emerged as a transformative Wagner
 ian. Practically the new Bayreuth Messiah\, he leads this summer’s Parsi
 fal\, that holy of holies\, on the mainstage. Thence\, it’s off to Iberi
 a with an evening’s worth of excerpts from the “Ring” cycle\, which 
 last year he conducted back at Mission Central the way he conducts everyth
 ing\, with his hands only\, no stick. The vocal talent includes the known 
 quantities Catherine Foster as the Valkyrie Brünnhilde and Klaus Florian 
 Vogt in the father-and-son roles of Siegmund and Siegfried. As Wotan\, pat
 erfamilias of the twisty family saga\, there’s Nicholas Brownlee\, whom 
 aficionados are placing bets on as the Heldenbaritone of the rising genera
 tion. The itinerary hopscotches from Barcelona (August 29) to Santander (A
 ugust 31)\, Madrid (September 3)\, Valencia (September 6)\, and across the
  Gulf of Cádiz to Las Palmas (September 8). In Andalusia\, Seville (Septe
 mber 2) is as close as the maestro gets to his native Granada.
LOCATION:Various Venues
SUMMARY:Bayreuth Festival Orchestra tour of Spain
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 hestra-tour-of-spain
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