Bayreuth Festival no "Ring" is staged, five other operas are presented. Tickets for the "Ring" are normally sold only as a complete set for all four performances. The newest production of the "Ring" (directed by Frank Castorf) premiered in 2013. Castorf's radical staging of the cycle—a colourful modern setting with the global race for oil as the underlying theme—was received with lengthy booing at its premiere. Historical performances of Wagner's operas at Bayreuth, available on CD, are too numerous to list. The following are a few outstanding examples. Notes Other sources Bayreuth Festival The Bayreuth Festival () is a music festival held
Bayreuth Festival the festival into an opportunity for directors to experiment with new methods for presenting the operas. The change came out of necessity, as it was impossible for Wolfgang to both administer and direct the festival. It also provided an opportunity for Bayreuth to renew itself with each production, rather than continue to present the same operas in the same way, year after year. Ingmar Bergman, who famously made a film version in Swedish of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", turned down an invitation to direct the festival. The most sensational production in "Werkstatt Bayreuth" was the Centennial Ring Cycle under the direction