Richard Wagner’s dream of a Gesamtkunstwerk becomes reality through La Fura dels Baus’ visual fantasy and blending of video technology, lighting and props (often formed of human beings): Their 3D computer projections and organic structures built of athletic performers that recall Cirque du Soleil are predestined for Wagner’s visionary expressive world. Including world-class Wagner singer as Kapellmann, Mayer and Salminen as well as promising young talents John Daszak (Loge) and Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), whom the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung hailed as “the new Number One among opera gods”.
