The Transformation of the World into Music

The Transformation of the World Into Music (German: Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik - Bayreuth vor der Premiere^[1]) is a 1994 German documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. The film is about the Bayreuth Festival and Richard Wagner's operas, in particular The Flying Dutchman, Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde.^[2] The film was conceived as an introductory work "to a series of opera broadcasts on German television".^[3]

Content

Herzog's official website describes The Transformation of the World Into Music as "a personal portrait and backstage view of the Richard-Wagner-Festival in Bayreuth and the mysteries of opera"'^[4]