Name: Bayreuth Festival 2019: Richard Wagner TANNHÄUSER
Start: 2026-07-28T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-28T20:03:00+02:00
Location: Cineplex Bayreuth, Cineplex

Tobias Kratzer's Tannhäuser: Wagner in the Cinema, Sharp, Sensual, Contemporary

With Bayreuth Festival 2019: Richard Wagner TANNHÄUSER, an opera myth comes to the big screen of Cineplex Bayreuth. The acclaimed production by Tobias Kratzer transforms Wagner's music drama into a stage experience full of friction, wit, and dramatic presence.

A Production Between Road Movie and Music Drama

Kratzer's interpretation relocates the conflict of desire, art, and freedom from the Middle Ages into a contemporary imagery. The Bayreuth Festival describes the production as a new production in the Dresden version; the cinema version lasts 183 minutes and features Valery Gergiev at the podium, along with Stephen Gould, Lise Davidsen, and Elena Zhidkova in key roles. Critics and audiences responded enthusiastically to the balance of comedy and bitter seriousness, the clever dramaturgy, and the bold approach to Wagner's material. ([bayreuther-festspiele.de](https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/fsdb/inszenierungen/tannhaeuser/2019/15039/?utm_source=openai))

Bayreuth's Great Opera Tradition, Newly Experienced in Cinema

Those who see Tannhäuser in the cinema experience the festival aesthetic in a concentrated form: great voices, precise lighting moods, a set design between provocation and poetry. The production was celebrated on the Green Hill as a gripping, modern interpretation and received widespread positive feedback; the Bayreuth Festival itself points to the lasting impact of this performance. At Cineplex Bayreuth, this work meets a technically strong cinema with 8 halls, modern sound, Dolby ATMOS, and accessible access. ([bayreuther-festspiele.de](https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/festspiele/news/2019/successful-conclusion-of-the-bayreuth-festival/?utm_source=openai))

Atmosphere, Acoustics, and Theater Feeling at Cineplex Bayreuth

The cinema on Hindenburgstraße brings opera into an intimate, concentrated form. The performance starts on July 28, 2026, at 3:00 PM in Cinema 8; accessible access is provided. For classic & co., Cineplex creates a stylish atmosphere in which great opera productions can have their impact even outside the festival house. Those who want to experience Wagner's pathos, Kratzer's contemporaneity, and the magnetic presence of the singers will find here a concentrated theater experience with a strong audience impact. ([cineplex.de](https://www.cineplex.de/bayreuth/film/bayreuther-festspiele-2019-richard-wagner-tannhaeuser-41831000012FWBXJYB))

Conclusion

Tannhäuser in the Bayreuth Festival production by Tobias Kratzer is more than a screening on the big screen: it is a cleverly sharpened cultural event between opera, cinema, and commentary on the present. Those who want to experience Wagner with new energy, powerful imagery, and great musical tension should not miss this date live at Cineplex Bayreuth.