Enlarge image
Tomasz Konieczny (left) will now appear again after his stage accident at the premiere of »Valkyrie«
Photo:
Enrico Nawrath / dpa
On Monday evening, singer Tomasz Konieczny was so badly injured on stage that he could not continue singing.
Now the Bayreuth Festival is giving the all-clear: The "Wotan" singer is on the mend.
He will sing as planned at the premiere of »Siegfried«, another part of the »Ring«, scheduled for Wednesday.
The festival announced this on Tuesday.
lineup changes
Konieczny sustained the injury on Monday in the second act of Die Walküre when he fell into an armchair, the back of which then broke off.
He finished the act professionally, and there was initially no sign of his injury.
In the third act of the Richard Wagner opera, however, Michael Kupfer-Radecky stepped in at short notice.
According to the festival, he saved the performance brilliantly.
Not only the "Wotan" changes are making it difficult for "Ring" director Valentin Schwarz this year in terms of personnel.
Conductor Pietari Inkinen also had to throw in the towel shortly before the premiere due to a corona disease.
Cornelius Meister took over for him.
evh/dpa
