To his greatest regret, Pietari Inkinen has to resign from conducting the new production of “Der Ring des Nibelungen” for health reasons. A serious corona illness makes his participation in the important stage rehearsals with orchestra impossible. The festival management deeply regrets this and is looking forward to Pietari Inkinen’s Ring conducting next year. We are extremely grateful to Cornelius Meister for taking over the conducting of the new production of “Der Ring des Nibelungen”. In order to be able to concentrate fully on the intensive final rehearsal period and the upcoming Ring cycles, the conducting of the new production “Tristan und Isolde” will be taken over by Markus Poschner.