The Bayreuth Festival

A unique festival in a unique location: the Bayreuth Festspielhaus was created solely for the performance of Richard Wagner’s works. With its unique acoustics and architecture consistently geared towards listening and experiencing, it offers a space in which Wagner’s works unfold an unrivalled effect.

Every year since 1876, connoisseurs, the curious and enthusiasts have gathered here on the Green Hill – away from the major metropolises, yet at the centre of the opera world. Bayreuth is no ordinary venue, but a cultural laboratory in which Wagner’s visions are constantly unfolding anew.

Richard Wagner – composer, thinker, provocateur – not only left music here, but also a legacy. The Bayreuth Festival not only preserves it, it continues to shape it.