Synopsis
Richard Wagner is more than just music, he is a social phenomenon, a question of belief, and the Bayreuth Festival is the world's most important mecca for the cult of Wagner. GLOBAL WAGNER is a cheeky trip around the world of Wagnerians, from Venice to Latvia, Israel, Abu Dhabi and the US all the way to Japan – in between passion and music, politics, culture, glamour, rehearsals and bratwurst. How, to until this day, did such massive hype and such a cult following develop all over the world around this highly controversial artist for whom there only seems to be either lovers or haters?With: Katharina Wagner, Christian Thielemann, Valery Gergiev, Plácido Domingo, Alex Ross, Piotr Beczala, Anja Harteros, Barrie Kosky, Catherine Foster, Kevin Maynor, Sheik Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Ronald Perlwitz, Jonathan Livny, Georg Rauch, Ulrike Rauch