The Floating Stage of Bregenz

Every summer, on the shore of Lake Constance in Austria, the Bregenzer Festspiele takes place on the world's largest floating stage. Operas from the popular repertoire are presented to an audience of 7,000 on absolutely mind-boggling sets. The scale of these stage elements are epic and monumental.

And this year, they premiered "Solaris," an opera based on the novel by Polish author Stanislaw Lem (which was also turned into a film by the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky).

Above: two views from a production of A MASKED BALL

Above: a view of a production of ANDRÉ CHÉNIER

Above: two views of a production of IL TROVATORE

Above: two views of a production of TOSCA

Above: two views of a production of WEST SIDE STORY

http://www.bregenzerfestspiele.com/en/