Mesmerizing flamenco brings evocative imagery to life in a surreal soundscape at Madrid’s Teatro Real.
AFANADOR by Marcus Morau and Ballet Nacional de España
Ballet
Uproar, disruption, violent dispute – this was the response to the much-anticipated centenary of the Bayreuth Festival in 1976, which was to be marked by a new production of Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung. But before Pierre Boulez could step up to the conductor’s podium and the curtain could rise on Bayreuth’s Green Hill for Patrice Chéreau’s bold new production, the festival was rocked by artistic and political upheaval. The film tells how one of the greatest scandals in opera went on to become one of the greatest musical moments of all.
(Director), Anna Prohaska (Self), Dame Gwyneth Jones (Self), Hanna Schwarz (Self), Günther Groissböck (Self), Vincent Huguet (Self), Barrie Kosky (Self), Friedrich Dieckmann (Self), Heinz Zednik (Self)