The Transformation of the World into Music (1994)

Original title

Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

8.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Werner Herzog documents the preparations for the Bayreuth Festival, focusing on the staging of three Richard Wagner operas. The film shows behind-the-scenes work with conductors, singers, and stage crew.

observationalmeditativereverentlyricalcontemplativeintimatedeliberate

What happens

The Transformation of the World Into Music (German: Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik - Bayreuth vor der Premiere) is a 1994 German documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. The film is about the Bayreuth Festival and Richard Wagner's operas, in particular The Flying Dutchman, Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde. The film was conceived as an introductory work "to a series of opera broadcasts on German television". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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