NEWS FROM BAYREUTH

From Sandra Buchenwald
 
Since their engagement as a solo singer in the ensemble of the world famous violinist André Rieu is Carla Maffioletti has made a name in the music scene. Even the Brazilians, who knows many stages around the world, was on her first visit at the Festspielhaus completely fascinated: “It has made peng ‘.”
Almost seems a little stunned the 31-year-old from Porto Allegre by their overwhelming experience to be on the Green Hill. Since about 30 minutes break, but the singer, who comes as Richard Wagner Scholarship in five days in the enjoyment of three performances, is still bright-eyed in front of the main entrance, as it was entitled to do the magic of the place not escape.
“It’s so wonderful here,” beamed the likeable Brazilian broadly. “And so loose.” Hey, loose? She had imagined a rather strict environment at the Bayreuth Festival, Maffioletti says with a chuckle. But exactly the opposite had occurred: The atmosphere was fantastic, the people so friendly “. Everybody smiles back”
Smile – despite the temperatures! “This morning it was nine degrees,” grumbles the Brazilian who has been a regular cast member for two years, the Giessen City Theater, with a wink, that would be gone without the jacket over the gown nothing. “Home” – so she thinks Porto Alegre – “we just winter and 19 degrees!”
As a singer and spectator knows Carla Maffioletti the acoustics in many opera houses in the world. But already in the first break, it sets itself to have heard such a unique sound anywhere. Not even at the “Met”, the world-famous Metropolitan Opera in New York, she is amazed and adds with a grin, that they now pay only the Sydney Opera House has a visit. If there would not be better than the Acoustic on the Grüner Hügel (Green Hill), she did not know who could make Bayreuth first place still in dispute. But it is not just the sound that inspires the charismatic singer Sun Everything was so strong, so alive, says Maffioletti who has found for herself the reason for the uniqueness of the Grüner Hügel already: “The whole strength and the charm of the festival is the respect for the tradition.”