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At Bregenz Festival this year grand opera is coupled with pop pageant. And it works!

That’s Bregenz: a lavish show on the lake for 200,000 spectators each summer, with many valuable small productions in tow. A good model.

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And this year Carmen reached a not previously attained mark on the scale of theatrical effectiveness (where in fact the sky’s the limit). The show is a feast for the eyes, the lake stage a spectacle in itself.

Stuttgarter Zeitung

On a basic set consisting of a colossal pair of female hands with a flurry of playing cards between them, the two artists create nothing less than a visual firework display of projections and colours. In the process Kasper Holten, 44, pulls off the magic trick of staging this well known Spanish crime-of-passion drama in part as a psychodrama in an intimate setting.

APA, Austria

The Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Paolo Carignani played in the Festspielhaus. Thanks to sophisticated sound technology the audience heard the orchestra in superb quality. The stage set contributes a lot to the success of Carmen: enormous playing cards serve as performing areas and for video projections (Luke Halls). In the fascinating alternation of colours and images, the cards measuring 7 m by 4.3 m sometimes appear to whirl through the air.

SDA, Switzerland

Opera in four acts (1875) | Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy | based on the novel Carmen by Prosper Mérimée (1845) | In French with German surtitles

PREMIERE

19 July 2018 – 9.15 p.m.

FURTHER PERFORMANCES

20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29,31 July– 9.15 p.m.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, & 19 August – 9.00 p.m.

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Conductor Paolo Carignani | Jordan de SouzaStage director Kasper HoltenStage Es DevlinVideo Luke HallsCostumes Anja Vang KraghWiener Symphoniker | Prague Philharmonic Choir | Bregenz Festival Choir | Children‘s Choir of Musikmittelschule Bregenz-Stadt Cast lists for all performances to be announced in mid July 2018 on www.bregenzerfestspiele.com.

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OPERA ON THE LAKE 2018

CARMENGEORGES BIZET

The melody that French composer Georges Bizet found for the passion of soldier Don José has become immortal, as has the song Carmen sings when she comes out of the cigarette factory where she works, her famous Habanera about the unruliness of love. Her wild dance in Lillas Pastia’s bar, the Seguidilla, the Toreador’s Song and the march into the bullfighting arena are »earworms« too all over the world.

For the Danish stage director Kasper Holten this »opera about destiny and obsession« centres on »two people who are treated as outsiders, whose paths cross and who cling to each other in a passionate but unhealthy relationship«.

Diamonds! Spades! ... Death!« The cards Carmen is using to tell her own fortune do not augur well. She

will die, followed by Don José. Briefly in love with him, she then spurns him because he’s not ready to follow her unconditionally and live as a smuggler. She then welcomes the advances of the bullfighter Escamillo.

The fateful moment when Carmen throws the cards into the air gave Es Devlin the idea for her stage design on Lake Constance. The British stage designer has created sets for pop acts like Adele, U2, Take That, the Pet Shop Boys and Kanye West. The playing cards in Kasper Holten’s production can do much more than tell fortunes: they are performing areas for soloists, choral singers, dancers, stuntmen and smugglers. Also, projections on their surface conjure up the different worlds of bullfighting, cartomancy and passionate love.

»Love’s a gypsy child that’s never known laws.If you don‘t love me, I love you,and if I love you, then beware!...«

CARMEN, FIRST ACT

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

BREGENZER FESTSPIELE GMBH, Platz der Wiener Symphoniker 1, 6900 Bregenz, Austria, T +43 5574 407-6, www.bregenzerfestspiele.com Subject to alteration: valid as of August 2017

CA NCELLATION A ND EXCHA NGE Bregenz Festival is committed to holding performances on the lake stage and wishes to point out that performances may go ahead in the rain and may also be late in starting or interrupted because of inclement weather. We therefore recommend that all visitors bring warm, rainproof clothing, but no umbrellas as they restrict the view. Performances on the lake stage run without an interval.

CATEGORY 1 & 2 TICK ETS, FESTIVAL LOUNGE TICK ETS, PR EMIUM TICK ETS

Printed with the text »gültig für See + Fest-spielhaus / keine Rückerstattung«, these tickets are valid for the semi-staged version in the Festspielhaus in the event that the lake stage performance is cancelled or plays for less than 90 minutes. The tickets are not refundable. If a performance is transferred to the Festspiel-haus, Category 1 seats are located in the stalls (parquet), Category 2 seats in the circle. Seats that are adjacent in the Lake Stage auditorium may not be next to each other in the Festspiel-haus because of the different seating plan.

TICK ETS OF CATEGOR IES 3 TO 7Printed with the text »gültig nur für die Seebühne«, these tickets are valid only for the lake stage. If the performance is transferred to the Festspielhaus after playing for less than 60 minutes, ticket holders will have the ticket price refunded or alternatively can exchange the ticket for another date. For a refund, please complete our online refund form which will be posted on www.bregenzerfestspiele.com or alternatively return the original tickets to us by post (Bregenzer Festspiele GmbH, Abteilung

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Rechnungswesen, Platz der Wiener Sympho-niker 1, 6900 Bregenz, Austria) together with your bank details. A cash refund of the ticket price on the evening or at a later date is not possible.

GENER AL TER MS A ND CONDITIONSComplementing our Terms on Cancellati-on and Exchange, the General Terms and Conditions of Bregenz Festival can be found at www.http://bregenzerfestspiele.com/en/terms-and-conditions. As a commercial distri-butor you undertake to inform your custo-mers of the General Terms and Conditions of Bregenzer Festspiele GmbH as they form part of the contract on the purchase of admission tickets. In the event of violation, visitors may be refused admission without refund of the ticket price.

AGE R ESTR ICTIONChildren aged six and over are permitted to attend performances at Bregenz Festival (pro-of of age required). For every event a certain number of reduced-price tickets are reserved for students and school children. For perfor-mances on the lake stage, the discount applies to tickets of categories 3–7; in categories 3 and 4, student and school children tickets must be purchased at a ratio of 1:1 with full-price tickets. In Categories 1 and 2 no discount applies. A reduced-price ticket is valid only in conjunc-tion with a student / school pupil identity card. This discount applies also to apprentices, mi-litary service, civilian service and Holocaust memorial personnel with the appropriate identity card.

Opera in three acts (1949/50) ILibretto by Martin Esslin based on The Cenci by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1819)German version by Berthold Goldschmidt IPerformed with German surtitles

PREMIERE

18 July 2018 – 7.30 p.m.

FURTHER PERFORMANCES

22 July – 11.00 a.m.30 July – 7.30 p.m.FESTSPIELHAUS

Conductor Johannes DebusStage director Johannes Erath Stage Katrin ConnanCostumes   Katharina TaschWiener SymphonikerPrague Philharmonic Choir

PRICES Beatrice Cenci

Category 1 2 3 4 5 6

EUR 145 128 112 95 55 27

Premiere surcharge EUR 25 per ticket (Categories 1 & 2). There is a different seating plan for the premiere.

BEATRICE CENCIBERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT

it received its concert premiere in London. Goldschmidt himself described the work as a »real bel canto opera« and it ends with a poignant requiem for the two executed women.

This suspenseful opera about church cor-ruption and human violence will be directed by Johannes Erath, whose staging of Miros-lav Srnka’s Make No Noise at the Workshop Theatre in 2016 was very well received by au-diences and critics alike. In recent years he has mounted productions at Bavarian State Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Oper Frank-furt and Oper Graz among other opera houses. Now together with set designer Kat-rin Connan and costume designer Katharina Tasch he will stage the first production of Beatrice Cenci in Austria at the Festspiel-haus in Bregenz. The music director will be Johannes Debus, who Bregenz Festival audiences will remember for his realisation of Jacques Offenbach’s opera The Tales of Hoffmann.

Francesco Cenci owns several palaces in and around Rome, leads a dissolu-te life with lavish feasts and doesn’t

shrink from committing acts of violence to remove people he finds troublesome. He escapes trial by donating some of his real estate to the Church. He horrifies his dinner guests by gleefully announcing the death of his two sons. He responds to his daughter Beatrice’s despair by even worse physical abuse. Abetted by her stepmother Lucrezia, Beatrice plans her father’s murder.

The true story of Roman nobleman Francesco Cenci’s daughter, who was born in 1577 and executed along with Lucrezia in 1599, was turned into an opera by German composer Berthold Goldschmidt. Goldschmidt had first got to know the story in 1923 from a novella by Stendhal, but an opportunity to set a libretto drawn from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s play The Cenci didn’t present itself until 1949 when he entered an opera competition in the United King-dom. The Jewish composer had lived in London since 1935, dying there in 1996. The competition jury awarded his draft opera a prize, but the promised performance never took place. It was not until 1988 that

OPERA IN THE FESTSPIELHAUS 2018

»I want to find refuge far from here, away my father’s tyranny. If only the letter finds the Pope’s grace!«

BEATRICE CENCI Subject to alteration: programme valid as of August 2017

ORCHESTRALCONCERTS

Masterpieces of the symphonic reper-toire can be heard in the orchestral concerts. Familiar and popular works

– two Beethoven symphonies, Dvořák’s best known symphony and two important pieces by Richard Strauss – are on the programme alongs-ide a complete novelty: the huge Symphony for Baritone and Orchestra by Tyrolean com-poser Thomas Larcher, who is working on an opera that has been commissioned by Bregenz Festival. Another work being performed here for the first time is Martinů’s virtuoso Double Concerto. In that concert, featuring music solely by Czech composers, the Prague Philharmonic Choir – a regular guest at Bregenz Festival since 2011 – will be celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of their country’s independence with Dvořák’s Te Deum. With Carmen on the lake stage, music by one of Bizet’s compatriots will be played as well: Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and La valse, his farewell and homage to the waltz – which we hear in full glory in Strauss’s Rosenkavalier Suite.

PRICES Wiener Symphoniker

Category 1 2 3 4 5 6

EUR 84 69 55 37 26 20

PRICES Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra

Category 1 2 3 4 5 6

EUR 50 41 34 29 23 18

Subject to alteration: programme valid as of August 2017

19 August – 11.00 a.m. | Festspielhaus

Benjamin Britten Matinées musicales op. 24

Benjamin Britten Nocturne op. 60 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 2

in D major op. 36

Conductor Gérard Korsten

Tenor Mark Padmore

WIENER SYMPHONIKER

VORARLBERGSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

23 July – 7.30 p.m. | Festspielhaus

Bohuslav Martinů Double Concerto for Two String Orche-

stras, Piano and Timpani H. 271

Antonín Dvořák

Te Deum

Antonín DvořákSymphony No. 9 From the New World

in E minor op. 95

Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Piano Ivo Kahánek

29 July – 11.00 a.m. | Festspielhaus

Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige

Streiche op. 28

Maurice Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand in D major

Richard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier,

Suite op. 59

Maurice Ravel La Valse

Conductor David Afkham 

Piano Javier Perianes

6 August – 7.30 p.m. | Festspielhaus

Thomas Larcher Alle Tage. Symphony for

Baritone and Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor op. 65

Conductor Karina Kanellakis

Baritone Christoph Pohl

EXTENDED PURCHASE OPTION

Option periods are not coupled with the time

limits of the early payment discount. If you

do not wish to purchase reserved tickets

within the agreed time limits, we will offer

you an extended purchase option if the ticket

sales situation so permits. Please note that,

should we not hear from you by the end of

the option period, the reserved tickets will

be automatically redistributed for sale. We

therefore request that you contact us in good

time. Bregenz Festival reserves the right to

reclaim ticket allocations in full or in part, if

necessary.

METHOD OF PAYMENT

Following a firm order an invoice will be sent

to you by email or by post. The invoice can be

paid by bank transfer or credit card (VISA,

Master Card, American Express or Diners

Club). If payment is not effected by the due

date, the reservation shall expire and the

seats otherwise allocated. Other methods

of payment, such as direct debit, PayPal or

cheque, are not accepted by Bregenz Festival.

CONCESSIONS

For organisational reasons, tickets at

reduced prices can be purchased only by

telephone on +43 5574 4076 or in person at

the Ticket Center. Discounted tickets are

valid only in conjunction with the identity

card entitling the holder to the concession.

If a ticket holder fails to display the relevant

identity card, (s)he must pay the diffe-

rence between the concession price and

the full price. Tickets are inspected upon

admission to the respective venue. Multiple

discounts cannot be combined. Concessi-

ons cannot be deducted after tickets have

been purchased. Further, concessions are

not available for events not organised by

Bregenz Festival.

EAR LY PAYMENT DISCOUNTThe discount described below is available to commercial tour operators that make fixed group bookings of at least 20 tickets per order and per date for any performances given as part of Bregenz Festival. The early payment discount does not apply in the case of the Festival Lounge, Premium Tickets, and Packages. Admission tickets show the normal price. Please contact us in good time

to benefit from the early payment discount.

On payment and receipt of payment

› by the end of January 2018 10,0 %

› by the end of March 2018 7,5 %*

› by the end of May 2018 5,0 %*

* Please note: the early payment discount for March and May only applies in the case of an extended purchase option.

R ETUR N | EXCHA NGE OF TICK ETS

Up to 10% of tickets you have purchased

can be returned to us for resale without our

charging commission, no later than 30 days

– according to the postmark – before the

date of performance (this does not apply to

the Festival Lounge). In no other case may

purchased tickets be returned. Changes in

the programme or cast do not constitute an

entitlement to return or exchange tickets.

In the case of sold-out events, the festival can

offer tickets for resale on commission and

without guarantee of sale. The commission

fee is 20% of the price printed on the ticket

minus the early payment discount you have

claimed. Refunds shall be paid after the festi-

val has ended.

SALES GUIDELINES 2018FOR COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTORS

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OPER A ON THE LAK E

On the day of the performance in the Fest-

spielhaus at 7 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.

OPERA IN THE FESTSPIELHAUS

In the Festspielhaus 45 minutes before the

performance begins.

PRICES introductory talks

per person EUR 7,50

ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS

free admission to introductory talks

45 minutes before the concert begins.

INTRODUCTORY TALKS FOOD & DRINK AT THE FESTIVAL

evenTZ Hospitality sets the culinary tone at

Bregenz Festival! In the gourmet marquee

on the plaza, Zoltan Toth and his team offer

the finest regional fare, hospitality of the

highest standard and culinary delectation in

a cultural atmosphere right on the lakeside.

There is a summer festival menu in addition

to themed buffets. evenTZ has a variety of

special arrangements to cater for groups of

20 or more.

OPENING TIMESThe Gastronomiepark is open from 18 July to 19 August 2018, from 6 p.m. on evenings with a lake stage performance. Restaurant »buehnedrei« is open from 11 a.m.

RESERVATIONS

T +43 5574 413 279 | www.eventz.cc or www.bregenzerfestspiele.com

BACK-STAGE TOURS

PRICES

per group of 20 people or less EUR 150 from 21 participants (per person) EUR 7,50school groups free of charge

If there are more than 30 participants the group will be divided.Rehearsals, construction work and adverse weather may cause restrictions in the tour programme. Restrictions do not entitle ticket holders to return or exchange their tickets.The General Terms and Conditions of Bregenz Festival apply.

VICE VERSA BONUS

An admission ticket to Bregenz Festival

entitles the holder to a one-off discount of

EUR 4 on the ticket price for the summer

exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz and

Vorarlberg Museum.

TOURS FOR GROUPS

On a 50 minute tour you can get to know the

world‘s biggest lake stage and the Festspiel-

haus. Take a look behind the scenes and

learn all about the history and evolution of

Bregenz Festival and about the constructi-

on and technology of the lake stage. At the

same time you will find out about the current

productions.

All group tour dates can be viewed and reserved online from October 2017.

Book your group tour online toursforgroups.bregenzerfestspiele.com

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ve a 10 % discount; this does not apply to books

because of the fixed book price agreement.

Postage and packing is free for articles costing

over EUR 20.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR COACH DRIVERS AND

COACH PARTY ORGANISERS

Coach drivers or coach party organisers (of

groups of 20 people or more) receive a free ticket

or a meal voucher, depending on availability.

These must be applied for in advance in writing

and in the name of the beneficiary. Tickets, issu-

ed as e-tickets, will be sent to the tour operator.

To gain admission, the ticket holder must show

proof of identity as a coach driver or coach party

organiser. The transfer or sale of such tickets to

third parties is not permitted. The tickets are

for single unsold seats and are not located next

to the seats booked by the group. No entitlement

to such tickets exists. Meal vouchers are valid

solely during the lake stage performance and

entitle the holder to a discount on a one-plate

meal in the restaurant marquee.

AR R IV ING BY COACH

The location of parking for coaches/buses

close to the festival grounds is shown on

the map overleaf. Coach parking is subject

to charges and is possible at four sites in

Bregenz: Parkplatz West – 32 parking bays

for the duration of the festival; Seestadtareal

– 8 bays (max. 3 hours); Reichsstraße – 11 bays

(privately operated by the Pfänder mountain

cable car); Remise – 10 bays (near Parkplatz

Ost).

PUBLIC TR A NSPORT

An admission ticket to a Bregenz Festival

event entitles the holder to free travel by

bus and by rail within the Vorarlberg Public

Transport Network on the day of the event.

For the return journey following a perfor-

mance on the lake stage there is an additional

train service to Bludenz and Lindau as well

as a bus service to Lustenau, Bregenz Forest

and Gaißau (Swiss border). Please give at

least 2 days‘ notice of any trip involving more

than 10 passengers.

T +43 5574 70417-211

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sing your trip to the festival can be ordered

conveniently online all year round, subject to

availability.

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MERCHA NDISE

In our online Festival Shop you will find a great

selection of Bregenz Festival merchandise

to add to your festival package, prepare your

guests in the best possible way and round off

your visit to the festival. Go to “Tickets” and

then “Shop” on our website to find out what

items are currently available. If you order 20 or

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and organising your trip to the festival with

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Gastronomes will be spoilt for choice here. The number of excellent restaurants is above average. Aside from star-rated establish-ments, the cooking is generally very good, predominantly in the regional style.

BREGENZ

The town on Lake Constance is lively and culture conscious. Works by contemporary artists are displayed at Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB), a multiple award winning glass cube that was designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Changing exhibitions can be seen at Vorarlberg Museum. Its original facade is decorated with over 16,000 concrete petals. The top floor has a unique viewing area with an enormous panorama window affording a great view of Lake Constance. Fine views of the lake and the alpine landscape are also to be had from the Pfänder, the 1,064 m high mountain behind Bregenz. The quickest way

to the top is via cable car.

DORNBIRN

A popular destination in Dornbirn is Inatura, an interactive natural history centre with science zones. The Rolls-Royce Museum contains the world‘s largest collection of motor cars of that luxury brand. Karren Mountain, right on Dornbirn‘s doorstep, can be ascended by cable car to the glass-walled Panorama Restaurant, which offers fantastic

views.

HOHENEMS

The Jewish Museum in Hohenems explores historical and topical subjects in its perma-nent exhibition and special exhibitions. The museum and the carefully restored, formerly Jewish buildings lend the town its distinctive character, as does the Schubertiade which is held here every year and attracts an interna-tional audience.

The federal state of Vorarlberg lies in the multi-border region of Lake Constance, a lively cultural area where four countries meet: Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Austria’s westernmost state offers an appealing mix of culture and nature and quality attractions for

visitors.

LAKE CONSTANCE & VORARLBERG

Major festivals, stimulating exhibitions, modern architecture and gorgeous landsca-pes – all this can be found in region of Lake Constance and Vorarlberg, with its towns Bregenz, Dornbirn, Hohenems and Feld-kirch. Vorarlberg has long been regarded as the cultural centre of the international Lake Constance region. More than anywhere else in Austria, the scenery is characterised by traditional and contemporary architec-ture side by side, both in the towns and the villages.

FELDKIRCH

The medieval town abounds in cobbled streets and shady arcades. A modern touch is supplied by the new Montforthaus, a culture and congress centre. Schattenburg castle, which towers above the town, has a museum dedicated to local history. From the keep there are spectacular views of the surrounding scenery. The tourist office Feld-kirch Tourismus offers a range of interesting themed tours.

Information and reservations

BODENSEE–VORARLBERG TOURISMUSPostfach 9 | 6900 Bregenz, ÖsterreichHotline Mondag to Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. T +43 5574 434 43-0 | F +43 5574 434 43-4 office@bodensee-vorarlberg.comwww.bodensee-vorarlberg.com

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MOUNTAIN AND LAKE

After exploring the old Roman town and

visiting one of the museums, consider taking

a boat trip or ascending the mountain next

to the town. Enjoy an excursion boat and

discover Bregenz and its bay from a new per-

spective. Or if you prefer higher altitudes,

the Pfänder is the place for you. The cable

car takes you to the top of the mountain

(1,064 m), where you’ll be rewarded with a

stunning panorama of Lake Constance, Bre-

genz and Bregenz Forest. The big cabin of

the modern cableway can accommodate up

to 80 people. Trips outside the normal ope-

rating schedule can be arranged on request.

EATING AND DRINKING

Alongside cultural highlights, Bregenz also

offers a range of culinary delights. Numerous

restaurants in the town centre and at the

lakeside can provide refreshment and

sustenance before you round off the evening

atmospherically at a performance of

Georges Bizet’s Carmen on the lake stage .

Please visit our website

www.bregenz.travel or drop in at the tourist

office on Rathausstraße 35a – we’ll be glad to

help. We can give you more information on

group tours and provide you with detailed

maps.

Bregenz offers plenty of variety, perhaps more than any other town on Lake Constance. Why not combine a visit to Bregenz Festival

with a day spent in this lively cultural town?

ART AND CULTURE

Stroll from Leutbühel along the Maurachgas-

se into the historical upper town, where the

oldest buildings in Bregenz are to be seen.

Climb the town’s landmark, Martinsturm

(Martin’s Tower), which has the largest

onion-dome in the Lake Constance area.

We’d be happy to lay on a tour for you so you

can find out all about the town known in

Roman times as Brigantium. On the way back

into the town centre a visit to the Künstler-

haus Palais Thurn & Taxis with its exciting

summer exhibition is definitely worthwhile.

Contemporary art and architecture can be

admired in Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB), Vor-

arlberg Museum and in the Festspielhaus its-

elf. These institutions offer group tours that

can be arranged to suit your own schedule.

PARKING NOTICE

For coach parties: places for coaches to park are situated on Reichsstraße (opposite Bilgeri Kaserne), on Bahnhofstraße (oppo-site the station) and in the Parkplatz West car park.

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