Opera on the Constance Lake

Outside the Festspielhaus on the shore of Lake Constance stands the famous floating stage, one of the world’s leading centers of opera for a mass audience and surely the one with the most monumentally spectacular productions. Director Keith Warner and stage designer David Fielding have chosen “The Death of Marat”, an iconic painting by the revolutionary artist Jacques-Louis David, as the inspiration and symbol of their staging of André Chénier. It is the first time that a historical painting has served as the basis for a Bregenz stage set, which towers 24 metres high above Lake Constance. The famous image shows the radical revolutionary leader Jean Paul Marat after being stabbed in his bath tub by a political opponent in 1793.

Director Keith Warner and stage designer David Fielding have chosen “The Death of Marat”, an iconic painting by the revolutionary artist Jacques-Louis David, as the inspiration and symbol of their staging of André Chénier.

It is the first time that a historical painting has served as the basis for a Bregenz stage set, which towers 24 metres high above Lake Constance. The famous image shows the radical revolutionary leader Jean Paul Marat after being stabbed in his bath tub by a political opponent in 1793.