Between 25^thJuly and 1^st August, Radio Romania Music and Radio Romania Culture will broadcast seven live performances from the Bayreuth (Richard Wagner) Festival, one of the most important opera festivals in the world and a reference point for all Wagner music lovers.

The series of live broadcasts starts on 25^th July with the performance of Tristan and Isolde in a production - performed for the first time in 2012 - conducted by Christian Thielmann and directed by Katharina Wagner (Richard Wagner's great-granddaughter) and.

The following Wagnerian evenings include the The Ring of the Nibelung tetralogy having at the conductor's desk, this year as last year, Kiril Petrenko who is currently the General Music director of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the one who will take over the Berlin Philharmonic - considered by many one of the best orchestras in the world - starting in 2018, when Simon Rattle's term of office comes to an end.

You can listen to Lohengrin, conducted by French Alain Altinoglu, on 26^th July, and on 31^st July, to The Flying Dutchman conducted by Axel Kober, the director of the Opera House in Dusseldorf. The Bayreuth Festival was founded by Richard Wagner himself in 1876, and takes place in "Festspielhaus", the building especially built in order to accommodate the performances of his musical dramas. After Wagner's death, the festival was managed by his direct descendants and is now one of the most important events not only in Germany, but also on the international musical stages.

The performances broadcast live between 25^th July and 1^st August, thanks to our collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union, are: 25^th July, between 16:50 and 23:25, Tristan and Isoldewith Stefan Gould, Georg Zeppenfeld, Anja Kampe, Iain Paterson, Christa Mayer, the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Christian Thielemann. Luminița Arvunescu will be behind the microphone to make the commentaries. Guest: Dr. Ștefan Poen.

26^th July, 2015, between 16:50 and 22:55: Lohengrin with Klaus Florian Vogt, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Annette Dasch, Jukka Rasilainen, Petra Lang, Samuel Youn, the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Alain Altinoglu. Anca Ioana Andriescu will be behind the microphone to make the commentaries. Guest: Dr. Ștefan Poen.

27^th July, 2015, between 18:50 and 21:30: The Rhine Gold with Wolfgang Roch, Daniel Schmutzhard, Lothar Odinius, John Daszak, Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Andreas Hörl, Albert Dohmen, Andreas Conrad, Claudia Mahnke, Allison Oakes, Nadine Weissmann, Mirella Hagen, Julia Rutigliano, Anna Lapkovskaja, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Kirill Petrenko. Anca Ioana Andriescu will be behind the microphone to make the commentaries.

On 28^th July, 2015, between 16:50 and 22:50: The Valkyrie with Johan Botha, Kwangchul Youn, Wolfgang Koch, Anja Kampe, Catherine Foster, Claudia Mahnke, Allison Oakes, Dara Hobbs, Nadine Weissmann, Christiane Kohl, Julia Rutigliano, Simone Schröder, Alexandra Petersamer, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Kirill Petrenko. Anca Ioana Andriescu will be behind the microphone to make the commentaries. Guest: Cristina Sârbu - musicologist.

On 30^th July, 2015, between 16:50 and 23:05: "Siegfried" with Stefan Vinke, Andreas Conrad, Wolfgang Koch, Albert Dohmen, Andreas Hörl, Nadine Weissmann, Catherine Foster, Mirella Hagen, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, conductor Kirill Petrenko. Luminița Arvunescu will be behind the microphone to make the commentaries. Guest: Cristina Sârbu - musicologist.

31^st July, 2015, between 18:50 and 21:30: The Flying Dutchman with Kwangchul Youn, Ricarda Merbeth, Tomislav Muzek, Christa Mayer, Benjamin Bruns, Samuel Youn, the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Axel Kober. Mihaela Soare will be behind the microphone to make the commentaries.

1^st August, 2015, between 16:50 and 23:30: The Twilight of the Gods with Stefan Vinke, Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester, Stephen Milling, Albert Dohmen, Catherine Foster, Allison Oakes, Claudia Mahnke, Anna Lapkovskaja, Christiane Kohl, Mirella Hagen, Julia Rutigliano, the Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Kirill Petrenko. Mihaela Soare will be behind the microphone to make the commentaries.