Fröhliche Weihnachten! – Merry Christmas! – Joyeux Noël! – Feliz Navidad!
The Bayreuth Festival wishes all its visitors, contributors, business partners and friends near and far a happy holiday season, a…
Ticketing 2021
The suspension of the Bayreuth Festival this year will also change the ordering procedure for the 2021 season. The order…
Death of Gerda Mayer!
It was with great dismay and sadness that we heard of Gerda Mayer’s death. She had been an employee of…
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL 2020 PROGRAMME GOES ONLINE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
BAYREUTH.DG-STAGE.COM DG Stage set to show recent Bayreuth productions of six Wagner music dramas on the dates and times originally scheduled for…
death of long-time former choir director Prof. Norbert Balatsch
The Bayreuth Festival mourns the death of its long-time former choir director Prof. Norbert Balatsch, honorary member of the Vienna…
Current information from the festival
Due to increased inquiries from our guests as to whether this year’s Bayreuther Festspiele will take place under the given circumstances, Festival Director Katharina Wagner says:
“We are currently in close consultation with our committees and the relevant authorities and will provide you with information on our website as soon as possible. Naturally, the health of our guests, all participants and staff is our top priority”.
Successful finale of the Bayreuth Festival
After 32 sold-out performances, the Bayreuth Festival 2019 will come to a successful end on 28th of August. More than 62.000 guests from numerous countries visited this years festival.
Martin Gantner sings the part of the ‚Sixtus Beckmesser‘ on 24th of August
Johannes Martin Kränzle, singer of the ‚Sixtus Beckmesser‘ in „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“, unfortunately has to cancel his participation in the performance on 24th of August 2019 due to illness.
Christian Thielemann conducts the „Tannhäuser“-performance on 13th of August 2019
Due to a mourning in the closest family circle Valery Gergiev is not able to conduct the performance of „Tannhäuser“…
Programme 2020
The programme of the Bayreuth Festival for the upcoming season has been published today. Next year’s focus will be a…
