Bayreuth - 1

Antes de chegarem os primeiros ecos d'a colina, eis o projecto para a edição de 2009 da direcção bicéfala:

"(...) the new team has innovations on the sidelines – for example, a version of The Flying Dutchman for children, reduced to an hour, whose 10 performances have long since sold out.

Following its first live internet broadcast in 2008, a move championed by Katharina Wagner, this year's festival will broadcast Tristan and Isolde live on the web on 9 August, with prices to view it on screen cut from last year's steep €49 to €14.90 (£12.90).

The same performance will also be screened live – and for free – in a central square in the city of Bayreuth, in northern Bavaria. "It is a matter of the heart for me to bring opera to the people," Katharina said at a press conference in Munich on Monday. "Opera is a niche product. I am working with my heart and soul on this product." "