The Bayreuth Festival in Numbers
History, anchored in names that wrote this story. All directors, conductors, all stage directors, a precise work performance directory.
| Richard Wagner | 1876–1882 |
| Cosima Wagner | 1883–1906 |
| Siegfried Wagner | 1908–1930 |
| Winifred Wagner | 1931–1944 |
| Wieland Wagner & Wolfgang Wagner | 1951–1966 |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 1967–2008 |
| Eva Wagner-Pasquier & Katharina Wagner | 2009–2015 |
| Katharina Wagner | 2016–2024 |
| Gesamtübersicht der Werke | |
| Zusammenfassung nach Festspielleitern | |
Richard Wagner
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 1876 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1882 | 16 | 16 |
Cosima Wagner
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 1883 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1884 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 1886 | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 1888 | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 1889 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1891 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 | |||||||||
| 1892 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | ||||||||
| 1894 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |||||||||
| 1896 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | ||||||||
| 1897 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | |||||||
| 1899 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1901 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1902 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1904 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1906 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
Siegfried Wagner
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 1908 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1909 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1911 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1912 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1914 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| 1924 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1925 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||||
| 1927 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 | ||||||
| 1928 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | ||||||
| 1930 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
Winifred Wagner
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 1931 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | |||||
| 1933 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 22 | |||||
| 1934 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 | ||||||
| 1936 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||||||
| 1937 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | ||||||
| 1938 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | ||||||
| 1939 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 24 | |||||
| 1940 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |||||||
| 1941 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | |||||||
| 1942 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | |||||||
| 1943 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 1944 | 12 | 12 |
Wieland Wagner & Wolfgang Wagner
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 1951 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 22 | |||||
| 1952 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | |||||
| 1953 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| 1954 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| 1955 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | |||||
| 1956 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 27 | |||||
| 1957 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 27 | |||||
| 1958 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | ||||
| 1959 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 28 | |||||||
| 1960 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 29 | ||||
| 1961 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 27 | ||||
| 1962 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 30 | ||||
| 1963 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 31 | |||||
| 1964 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 30 | ||||
| 1965 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | |||||
| 1966 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 30 |
Wolfgang Wagner
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 1967 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 30 | |||||
| 1968 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 30 | ||||
| 1969 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 30 | ||||
| 1970 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 30 | ||||
| 1971 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1972 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1973 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | |||||
| 1974 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1975 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | |||||
| 1976 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 31 | |||||
| 1977 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 30 | |||||
| 1978 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1979 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1980 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1981 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | |||||||
| 1982 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | |||||||
| 1983 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 30 | |||||
| 1984 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1985 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 30 | |||||
| 1986 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| 1987 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 30 | |||||||
| 1988 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 30 | |||||
| 1989 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1990 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 30 | |||||
| 1991 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1992 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1993 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||||
| 1994 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| 1995 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 1996 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 30 | |||||
| 1997 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 30 | |||||
| 1998 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 30 | |||||||
| 2000 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30 | |||||
| 2001 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 2005 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 31 | ||||||
| 2006 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 2007 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 31 |
Eva Wagner-Pasquier & Katharina Wagner
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||||
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | |||||||
| 2013 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| 2014 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 | |||||
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 30 |
Katharina Wagner
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 30 | |||||
| 2017 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| 2018 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32 | ||||||
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 33 | ||||||
| 2021 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 | |||||||
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 30 | |||
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 31 | ||||
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | ||||
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 29 |
Gesamtübersicht der Werke
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 1951–2024 | 175 | 178 | 174 | 174 | 325 | 209 | 249 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 5 | 15 | 2155 |
| Jahr | Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total |
| 1876–2024 | 237 | 239 | 236 | 240 | 556 | 261 | 331 | 247 | 249 | 257 | 5 | 15 | 2843 |
Zusammenfassung nach Festspielleitern
| Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total | |
| Richard Wagner | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 28 | |||||||
| Cosima Wagner | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 119 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 274 | ||
| Siegfried Wagner | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 60 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 194 | ||
| Winifred Wagner | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 36 | 15 | 40 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 222 |
| Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total | |
| Wieland Wagner Wolfgang Wagner |
34 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 72 | 39 | 64 | 51 | 38 | 38 | 4 | 435 | |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 111 | 112 | 111 | 110 | 193 | 111 | 143 | 114 | 129 | 126 | 1 | 7 | 1268 |
| Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total | |
| Eva Wagner-Pasquier Katharina Wagner |
16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 211 |
| Rh | W | S | G | P | Tr | M | Th | L | H | IX | SK | Total | |
| Katharina Wagner | 14 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 35 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 211 |
Legende
| Rh = Das Rheingold | M = Die Meistersinger |
| W = Die Walküre | H = Der fliegende Holländer |
| S = Siegfried | G = Götterdämmerung |
| L = Lohengrin | R = Der Ring des Nibelungen |
| P = Parsifal | IX = Beethovens IX. |
| SK = Sonderkonzert | Tr = Tristan und Isolde |
| Th = Tannhäuser |
| 1876 | 1933–1944 | 1980–1989 |
| 1882–1901 | 1951–1959 | 1990–2000 |
| 1902–1914 | 1960–1969 | 2001–2009 |
| 1924–1931 | 1970–1979 | from 2010 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1876 | Richard Wagner Richard Fricke |
The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Joseph Hoffmann | 12 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1882 | Richard Wagner | Parsifal |
| Max Brückner Paul von Joukowsky Siegfried Wagner Kurt Söhnlein |
205 until 1933 | |
| 1886 | Cosima Wagner | Tristan und Isolde |
| Max Brückner | 24 until 1906 | |
| 1888 | August Harlacher | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Max Brückner | 22 until 1899 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1891 | Cosima Wagner | Tannhäuser |
| Max Brückner | 21 until 1904 | |
| 1894 | Cosima Wagner | Lohengrin |
| Max Brückner | 16 until 1909 | |
| 1896 | Cosima Wagner | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Max Brückner Friedrich Kranich the Elder Paul von Joukowsky Siegfried Wagner |
164 until 1931 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1901 | Siegfried Wagner | The Flying Holländer |
| Max Brückner | 10 until 1902 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1911 | Siegfried Wagner | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Max Brückner | 20 until 1925 | |
| 1914 | Siegfried Wagner | The Flying Holländer |
| Siegfried Wagner | 2 to 1914 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1927 | Siegfried Wagner | Tristan und Isolde |
| Kurt Söhnlein | 16 until 1931 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1930 | Siegfried Wagner | Tannhäuser |
| Kurt Söhnlein | 10 until 1931 | |
| 1933 | Heinz Tietjen | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Emil Preetorius | 12 until 1934 | |
| 1933 | Heinz Tietjen | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Emil Preetorius | 76 until 1942 | |
| 1934 | Heinz Tietjen | Parsifal |
| Alfred Roller Emil Preetorius |
11 until 1936 | |
| 1936 | Heinz Tietjen | Lohengrin |
| Heinz Tietjen | 14 until 1937 | |
| 1937 | Heinz Tietjen | Parsifal |
| Wieland Wagner | 15 until 1939 | |
| 1938 | Heinz Tietjen | Tristan und Isolde |
| Emil Preetorius | 12 until 1939 | |
| 1939 | Heinz Tietjen | The Flying Holländer |
| Emil Preetorius | 27 until 1942 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1943 | Heinz Tietjen | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Wieland Wagner | 28 until 1944 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1951 | Wieland Wagner | Parsifal |
| Wieland Wagner | 101 until 1973 | |
| 1951 | Rudolf Otto Hartmann | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Hans C. Reissinger | 14 until 1952 | |
| 1951 | Wieland Wagner | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Wieland Wagner | 64 until 1958 | |
| 1952 | Wieland Wagner | Tristan und Isolde |
| Wieland Wagner | 10 until 1953 | |
| 1953 | Wolfgang Wagner | Lohengrin |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 13 until 1954 | |
| 1954 | Wieland Wagner | Tannhäuser |
| Wieland Wagner | 13 until 1955 | |
| 1955 | Wolfgang Wagner | The Flying Holländer |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 13 until 1956 | |
| 1956 | Wieland Wagner | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Wieland Wagner | 34 until 1960 | |
| 1957 | Wolfgang Wagner | Tristan und Isolde |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 15 until 1959 | |
| 1958 | Wieland Wagner | Lohengrin |
| Wieland Wagner | 25 until 1962 | |
| 1959 | Wieland Wagner | The Flying Holländer |
| Wieland Wagner | 25 until 1965 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1960 | Wolfgang Wagner | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 48 until 1964 | |
| 1961 | Wieland Wagner | Tannhäuser |
| Wieland Wagner | 44 until 1967 | |
| 1962 | Wieland Wagner | Tristan und Isolde |
| Wieland Wagner | 23 until 1970 | |
| 1963 | Wieland Wagner | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Wieland Wagner | 16 until 1964 | |
| 1965 | Wieland Wagner | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Wieland Wagner | 49 until 1968 | |
| 1967 | Wolfgang Wagner | Lohengrin |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 28 until 1972 | |
| 1968 | Wolfgang Wagner | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 43 until 1975 | |
| 1969 | August Everding | The Flying Holländer |
| Josef Svoboda | 20 until 1971 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1970 | Wolfgang Wagner | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 65 until 1975 | |
| 1972 | Götz Friedrich | Tannhäuser |
| Jürgen Rose | 35 until 1978 | |
| 1974 | August Everding | Tristan und Isolde |
| Josef Svoboda | 23 until 1977 | |
| 1975 | Wolfgang Wagner | Parsifal |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 39 until 1981 | |
| 1976 | Patrice Chéreau | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Richard Peduzzi | 68 until 1980 | |
| 1978 | Harry Kupfer | The Flying Holländer |
| Peter Sykora | 38 until 1985 | |
| 1979 | Götz Friedrich | Lohengrin |
| Günther Uecker | 26 until 1982 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Set Design | Number of Performances | |
| 1981 | Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | Tristan und Isolde |
| Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | 28 until 1987 | |
| 1981 | Wolfgang Wagner | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 43 until 1988 | |
| 1982 | Götz Friedrich | Parsifal |
| Andreas Reinhardt | 33 until 1988 | |
| 1983 | Peter Hall | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| William Dudley | 52 to 1986 | |
| 1985 | Wolfgang Wagner | Tannhäuser |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 44 to 1995 | |
| 1987 | Werner Herzog | Lohengrin |
| Henning von Gierke | 37 to 1993 | |
| 1988 | Harry Kupfer | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Hans Schavernoch | 64 to 1992 | |
| 1989 | Wolfgang Wagner | Parsifal |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 65 to 2001 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Stage design | Number of performances | |
| 1990 | Dieter Dorn | The Flying Holländer |
| Jürgen Rose | 43 to 1999 | |
| 1993 | Heiner Müller | Tristan und Isolde |
| Erich Wonder | 34 to 1999 | |
| 1994 | Alfred Kirchner | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Rosalie | 64 to 1999 | |
| 1996 | Wolfgang Wagner | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 45 to 2002 | |
| 1999 | Keith Warner | Lohengrin |
| Stefanos Lazaridis | 38 to 2005 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Stage design | Number of performances | |
| 2000 | Jürgen Flimm | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Erich Wonder | 64 to 2004 | |
| 2002 | Philippe Arlaud | Tannhäuser |
| Philippe Arlaud | 29 to 2007 | |
| 2003 | Claus Guth | The Flying Holländer |
| Christian Schmidt | 25 to 2006 | |
| 2004 | Christoph Schlingensief | Parsifal |
| Daniel Angermayr Thomas Goerge |
21 to 2007 | |
| 2005 | Christoph Marthaler | Tristan und Isolde |
| Anna Viebrock | 35 to 2012 | |
| 2006 | Tankred Dorst | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Frank Philipp Schlößmann | 64 to 2010 | |
| 2007 | Katharina Wagner | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Tilo Steffens | 30 to 2011 | |
| 2008 | Stefan Herheim | Parsifal |
| Heike Scheele | 29 to 2012 |
| Year | Production | Work |
| Stage design | Number of performances | |
| 2010 | Hans Neuenfels | Lohengrin |
| Reinhard von der Thannen | 33 to 2015 | |
| 2011 | Sebastian Baumgarten | Tannhäuser |
| Joep van Lieshout | 24 to 2014 | |
| 2012 | Jan Philipp Gloger | The Flying Holländer |
| Christof Hetzer | 35 to 2018 | |
| 2013 | Frank Castorf | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Aleksandar Denić | 68 to 2018 | |
| 2015 | Katharina Wagner | Tristan und Isolde |
| Frank Philipp Schlößmann Matthias Lippert |
30 to 2019 | |
| 2016 | Uwe Eric Laufenberg | Parsifal |
| Gisbert Jäkel | 24 to 2019 | |
| 2017 | Barrie Kosky | The Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Rebecca Ringst | 24 to 2021 | |
| 2018 | Yuval Sharon | Lohengrin |
| Neo Rauch & Rosa Loy | 17 to 2022 | |
| 2019 | Tobias Kratzer | Tannhäuser |
| Rainer Sellmaier | 27 to 2024 | |
| 2021 | Dmitri Tcherniakov | The Flying Holländer |
| Dmitri Tcherniakov | 19 to 2024 | |
| 2022 | Valentin Schwarz | The Ring des Nibelungen |
| Andrea Cozzi | 32 to 2024 | |
| 2023 | Jay Scheib | Parsifal |
| Mimi Lien | 7 to 2023 | |
| 2024 | Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson | Tristan und Isolde |
| Vytautas Narbutas | 7 to 2024 | |
| 2025 | Matthias Davids | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg |
| Andrew D. Edwards | 7 to 2025 |
| Richard Wagner | 1876–1882 |
| Cosima Wagner | 1883–1906 |
| Siegfried Wagner | 1908–1930 |
| Winifred Wagner | 1931–1944 |
| Wieland Wagner & Wolfgang Wagner | 1951–1966 |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 1967–2008 |
| Eva Wagner-Pasquier & Katharina Wagner | 2009–2015 |
| Katharina Wagner | 2016–2024 |
Richard Wagner
| Year | Name | Work |
| 1876 | Hans Richter | R |
| 1882 | Hermann Levi | P |
| Franz Fischer | P |
Cosima Wagner
| Year | Name | Work |
| 1883 | Hermann Levi | P |
| Franz Fischer | P | |
| 1884 | Hermann Levi | P |
| Franz Fischer | P | |
| 1886 | Hermann Levi | P |
| Felix Mottl | Tr | |
| 1888 | Felix Mottl | P |
| Hans Richter | M | |
| 1889 | Hermann Levi | P |
| Felix Mottl | Tr | |
| Hans Richter | M | |
| 1891 | Hermann Levi | P |
| Felix Mottl | Tr, Th | |
| 1892 | Hermann Levi | P |
| Felix Mottl | Tr, Th, M | |
| Hans Richter | M | |
| 1894 | Hermann Levi | P |
| Felix Mottl | L | |
| Richard Strauss | Th | |
| 1896 | Felix Mottl | R |
| Hans Richter | R | |
| Siegfried Wagner | R | |
| 1897 | Felix Mottl | P |
| Hans Richter | R | |
| Anton Seidl | P | |
| Siegfried Wagner | R | |
| 1899 | Franz Fischer | P |
| Hans Richter | M | |
| Siegfried Wagner | R | |
| 1901 | Felix Mottl | H |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Hans Richter | R | |
| Siegfried Wagner | R | |
| 1902 | Felix Mottl | H |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Hans Richter | R | |
| Siegfried Wagner | R | |
| 1904 | Michael Balling | P |
| Franz Beidler | R | |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Hans Richter | R | |
| Siegfried Wagner | Th | |
| 1906 | Michael Balling | P, Tr |
| Franz Beidler | P | |
| Felix Mottl | Tr | |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Hans Richter | R | |
| Siegfried Wagner | R |
Siegfried Wagner
| Year | Name | Work |
| 1908 | Michael Balling | P |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Hans Richter | R | |
| Siegfried Wagner | L | |
| 1909 | Michael Balling | R |
| Karl Muck | P, L | |
| Siegfried Wagner | P, L | |
| 1911 | Michael Balling | R, P |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Hans Richter | M | |
| Siegfried Wagner | R | |
| 1912 | Michael Balling | R, P |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Hans Richter | M | |
| Siegfried Wagner | R | |
| 1914 | Michael Balling | R |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Siegfried Wagner | H | |
| 1924 | Michael Balling | R |
| Fritz Busch | M | |
| Willibald Kaehler | P | |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| 1925 | Michael Balling | R |
| Willibald Kaehler | P | |
| Karl Muck | P, M | |
| 1927 | Karl Elmendorff | Tr |
| Franz von Hoesslin | R | |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| 1928 | Karl Elmendorff | Tr |
| Franz von Hoesslin | R | |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Siegfried Wagner; | R | |
| 1930 | Karl Elmendorff | R |
| Karl Muck | P | |
| Arturo Toscanini | Th, Tr |
Winifred Wagner
| Year | Name | Work |
| 1931 | Karl Elmendorff | R |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler | Tr | |
| Arturo Toscanini | P, Th | |
| 1933 | Karl Elmendorff | R, M |
| Richard Strauss | P, IX. Symph. | |
| Heinz Tietjen | M | |
| 1934 | Karl Elmendorff | R, M |
| Franz von Hoesslin | P | |
| Richard Strauss | P | |
| Heinz Tietjen | R, M | |
| 1936 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | R, P, L |
| Heinz Tietjen | R, L | |
| 1937 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | R, P |
| Heinz Tietjen | L | |
| 1938 | Karl Elmendorff | Tr |
| Franz von Hoesslin | P | |
| Heinz Tietjen | R | |
| 1939 | Karl Elmendorff | H |
| Franz von Hoesslin | P | |
| Victor de Sabata | Tr | |
| Heinz Tietjen | R | |
| 1940 | Karl Elmendorff | H |
| Franz von Hoesslin | R | |
| 1941 | Karl Elmendorff | H |
| Heinz Tietjen | R | |
| 1942 | Karl Elmendorff | R |
| Richard Kraus | H | |
| 1943 | Hermann Abendroth | M |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler | M | |
| 1944 | Hermann Abendroth | M |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler | M |
Wieland Wagner & Wolfgang Wagner
| Year | Name | Work |
| 1951 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | IX. Symph. |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P, R, M | |
| Herbert von Karajan | R, M | |
| 1952 | Herbert von Karajan | Tr |
| Joseph Keilberth | R | |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P, M | |
| 1953 | Paul Hindemith | IX. Symph. |
| Eugen Jochum | Tr | |
| Joseph Keilberth | R, L | |
| Clemens Krauß | R, P | |
| 1954 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | IX. Symph. |
| Eugen Jochum | Th, L | |
| Joseph Keilberth | Th, R, L | |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P | |
| 1955 | Andrè Cluytens | Th |
| Joseph Keilberth | H, R, Th | |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P H | |
| 1956 | Andrè Cluytens | M |
| Joseph Keilberth | H, R | |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P, R | |
| 1957 | Andrè Cluytens | M, P |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P, R | |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch | Tr | |
| 1958 | Andrè Cluytens | L, M |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P, R | |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch | Tr | |
| 1959 | Hans Knappertsbusch | P |
| Erich Leinsdorf | M | |
| Lovro von Matacic | L | |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch | Tr, H | |
| Heinz Tietjen | L | |
| 1960 | Rudolf Kempe | R |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P, M | |
| Ferdinand Leitner | L | |
| Lorin Maazel | L | |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch | H | |
| 1961 | Rudolf Kempe | R |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P | |
| Josef Krips | M | |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch | Th, H | |
| 1962 | Karl Böhm | Tr |
| Rudolf Kempe | R | |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P | |
| Wolfgang Sawallisch | L, Th | |
| 1963 | Karl Böhm | Tr, IX. Symph. |
| Rudolf Kempe | R | |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P | |
| Thomas Schippers | M | |
| 1964 | Karl Böhm | M, Tr |
| Robert Heger | M | |
| Berislav Klobucar | R | |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | P | |
| Otmar Suitner | Th | |
| 1965 | Karl Böhm | R |
| Andrè Cluytens | P, Th | |
| Otmar Suitner | H | |
| 1966 | Karl Böhm | Tr, R |
| Pierre Boulez | P | |
| Carl Melles | Th | |
| Otmar Suitner | R |
Wolfgang Wagner
| Year | Name | Work |
| 1967 | Karl Böhm | W, G |
| Pierre Boulez | P | |
| Rudolf Kempe | L | |
| Berislav Klobucar | Th, L | |
| Otmar Suitner | R | |
| 1968 | Karl Böhm | M, Tr |
| Pierre Boulez | P | |
| Alberto Erede | L | |
| Berislav Klobucar | M, Tr | |
| Lorin Maazel | R | |
| 1969 | Karl Böhm | Tr |
| Berislav Klobucar | M | |
| Lorin Maazel | R | |
| Horst Stein | P | |
| Silvio Varviso | H | |
| 1970 | Karl Böhm | Tr |
| Pierre Boulez | P | |
| Horst Stein | R | |
| Silvio Varviso | H | |
| Hans Wallat | M | |
| 1971 | Karl Böhm | H |
| Eugen Jochum | P | |
| Horst Stein | R | |
| Silvio Varviso | L | |
| Hans Wallat | H | |
| 1972 | Eugen Jochum | P |
| Erich Leinsdorf | Th | |
| Horst Stein | R, Th | |
| Silvio Varviso | L | |
| 1973 | Heinrich Hollreiser | Th |
| Eugen Jochum | P | |
| Horst Stein | R | |
| Silvio Varviso | M | |
| 1974 | Heinrich Hollreiser | Th |
| Carlos Kleiber | Tr | |
| Horst Stein | R | |
| Silvio Varviso | M | |
| 1975 | Heinrich Hollreiser | M |
| Carlos Kleiber | Tr | |
| Horst Stein | R, P | |
| Hans Zender | P | |
| 1976 | Karl Böhm | Festwiese |
| Pierre Boulez | R | |
| Carlos Kleiber | Tr | |
| Horst Stein | P, Tr | |
| 1977 | Pierre Boulez | R |
| Colin Davis | Th | |
| Horst Stein | P, Tr | |
| 1978 | Pierre Boulez | R |
| Dennis Russell Davies | H | |
| Colin Davis | Th | |
| Horst Stein | P | |
| 1979 | Pierre Boulez | R |
| Dennis Russell Davies | H | |
| Horst Stein | P | |
| Edo de Waart | L | |
| 1980 | Pierre Boulez | R |
| Dennis Russell Davies | H | |
| Woldemar Nelsson | L | |
| Horst Stein | P | |
| 1981 | Daniel Barenboim | Tr |
| Mark Elder | M | |
| Woldemar Nelsson | L | |
| Peter Schneider | H | |
| Horst Stein | P | |
| 1982 | Daniel Barenboim | Tr |
| James Levine | P | |
| Woldemar Nelsson | L | |
| Peter Schneider | H | |
| Horst Stein | M | |
| 1983 | Daniel Barenboim | Tr |
| James Levine | P | |
| Georg Solti | R | |
| Horst Stein | M | |
| 1984 | James Levine | P |
| Woldemar Nelsson | H | |
| Peter Schneider | R | |
| Horst Stein | M | |
| 1985 | James Levine | P |
| Woldemar Nelsson | H | |
| Peter Schneider | R | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | Th | |
| 1986 | Daniel Barenboim | Tr, Liszt |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | Th | |
| Peter Schneider | R | |
| Horst Stein | M | |
| 1987 | Peter Schneider | L |
| Daniel Barenboim | P, Tr | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | Th | |
| Michael Schoenwandt | M | |
| 1988 | James Levine | P |
| Daniel Barenboim | R | |
| Peter Schneider | L | |
| Michael Schoenwandt | M | |
| 1989 | James Levine | P |
| Peter Schneider | L | |
| Daniel Barenboim | R | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | Th | |
| 1990 | Giuseppe Sinopoli | H |
| Peter Schneider | L | |
| Daniel Barenboim | R | |
| James Levine | P | |
| 1991 | Peter Schneider | L |
| James Levine | P | |
| Daniel Barenboim | R | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | H | |
| 1992 | Donald C. Runnicles | Th |
| Daniel Barenboim | R | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | H | |
| James Levine | P | |
| 1993 | Daniel Barenboim | Tr |
| Donald C. Runnicles | Th | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | H | |
| Peter Schneider | L | |
| James Levine | P | |
| 1994 | Giuseppe Sinopoli | P, SK |
| James Levine | R | |
| Daniel Barenboim | Tr | |
| Peter Schneider | H, SK | |
| 1995 | Donald C. Runnicles | Th |
| Daniel Barenboim | Tr | |
| James Levine | R | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | P | |
| 1996 | Daniel Barenboim | M, Tr |
| James Levine | R | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | P | |
| 1997 | Daniel Barenboim | Tr, M |
| James Levine | R | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | P | |
| 1998 | Peter Schneider | H, G |
| Daniel Barenboim | M | |
| James Levine | R, SK | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | P | |
| 1999 | Antonio Pappano | L |
| Peter Schneider | H | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | P | |
| Daniel Barenboim | Tr, M | |
| 2000 | Christoph Eschenbach | P |
| Christian Thielemann | M | |
| Giuseppe Sinopoli | R | |
| Antonio Pappano | L | |
| 2001 | Christian Thielemann | M, P, IX. Symph. |
| Antonio Pappano | L | |
| Adam Fischer | R | |
| 2002 | Christian Thielemann | Th, M |
| Sir Andrew Davis | L | |
| Adam Fischer | R | |
| 2003 | Marc Albrecht | H |
| Christian Thielemann | Th | |
| Adam Fischer | R, SK | |
| Sir Andrew Davis | L | |
| 2004 | Pierre Boulez | P |
| Christian Thielemann | Th | |
| Adam Fischer | R | |
| Marc Albrecht | H | |
| 2005 | Eiji Oue | Tr, SK |
| Peter Schneider | L, SK | |
| Marc Albrecht | H, SK | |
| Christian Thielemann | Th, SK | |
| Pierre Boulez | P, SK | |
| 2006 | Marc Albrecht | H |
| Christian Thielemann | R | |
| Peter Schneider | Tr | |
| Adam Fischer | P | |
| 2007 | Sebastian Weigle | M |
| Christoph Ulrich Meier | Th | |
| Christian Thielemann | R | |
| Adam Fischer | P | |
| 2008 | Daniele Gatti | P |
| Peter Schneider | Tr | |
| Sebastian Weigle | M, SK | |
| Christian Thielemann | R |
Eva Wagner-Pasquier & Katharina Wagner
| Year | Name | Work |
| 2009 | Daniele Gatti | P |
| Peter Schneider | Tr | |
| Christian Thielemann | R | |
| Sebastian Weigle | M | |
| 2010 | Daniele Gatti | P |
| Andris Nelsons | L | |
| Christian Thielemann | R | |
| Sebastian Weigle | M | |
| 2011 | Daniele Gatti | P |
| Peter Schneider | Tr | |
| Andris Nelsons | L | |
| Thomas Hengelbrock | Th | |
| Sebastian Weigle | M | |
| 2012 | Christian Thielemann | H |
| Peter Schneider | Tr | |
| Andris Nelsons | L | |
| Christian Thielemann | Th | |
| Philippe Jordan | P | |
| 2013 | Christian Thielemann | H, SK |
| Kirill Petrenko | R | |
| Axel Kober | Th | |
| Andris Nelsons | L | |
| 2014 | Axel Kober | Th |
| Christian Thielemann | H | |
| Kirill Petrenko | R | |
| Andris Nelsons | L | |
| 2015 | Christian Thielemann | Tr |
| Alain Altinoglu | L | |
| Kirill Petrenko | R | |
| Axel Kober | H |
Katharina Wagner
| Year | Name | Work |
| 2016 | Hartmut Haenchen | P |
| Marek Janowski | R | |
| Axel Kober | H | |
| Christian Thielemann | Tr | |
| 2017 | Philippe Jordan | M |
| Christian Thielemann | Tr | |
| Hartmut Haenchen | P, SK | |
| Marek Janowski | R, P(I) | |
| 2018 | Christian Thielemann | L, Tr |
| Semyon Bychkov | P | |
| Philippe Jordan | M | |
| Axel Kober | H | |
| Plácido Domingo | W | |
| 2019 | Valery Gergiev | Th |
| Christian Thielemann | L, Tr, Th (III), SK | |
| Philippe Jordan | M | |
| Semyon Bychkov | P | |
| 2021 | Oksana Lyniv | H |
| Philippe Jordan | M | |
| Axel Kober | Th | |
| Pietari Inkinen | W | |
| Christian Thielemann | Sk (I) | |
| Andris Nelsons | Sk (II, III) | |
| 2022 | Cornelius Meister | R |
| Markus Poschner | Tr | |
| Christian Thielemann | L | |
| Oksana Lyniv | H | |
| Axel Kober | Th | |
| Andris Nelsons | Sk | |
| 2023 | Pablo Heras-Casado | P |
| Pietari Inkinen | R | |
| Nathalie Stutzmann | Th | |
| Oksana Lyniv | H | |
| Markus Poschner | Tr | |
| 2024 | Pablo Heras-Casado | P |
| Simone Young | R | |
| Nathalie Stutzmann | Th | |
| Oksana Lyniv | H | |
| Semyon Bychkov | Tr | |
| 2025 | Pablo Heras-Casado | P |
| Simone Young | R | |
| Daniele Gatti | M | |
| Christian Thielemann | L | |
| Semyon Bychkov | Tr |
Legend
| Rh=The Rheingold | M=The Meistersinger |
| W=The Walküre | H=The Flying Holländer |
| S=Siegfried | G=Götterdämmerung |
| L=Lohengrin | R=The Ring des Nibelungen |
| P=Parsifal | IX=Beethovens IX. |
| SK=Sonderkonzert | Tr=Tristan und Isolde |
| Th=Tannhäuser |
| For the first time in Bayreuth |
The conductors of the Bayreuth Festival until today |
| 2024 | Simone Young |
| 2023 | Pablo Heras-Casado |
| Nathalie Stutzmann | |
| 2022 | Cornelius Meister |
| Markus Poschner | |
| 2021 | Pietari Inkinen |
| Oksana Lyniv | |
| 2019 | Valery Gergiev |
| 2018 | Semyon Bychkov |
| Plácido Domingo | |
| 2016 | Hartmut Haenchen |
| Marek Janowski | |
| 2015 | Alain Altinoglu |
| 2013 | Axel Kober |
| Kirill Petrenko | |
| 2012 | Philippe Jordan |
| 2011 | Thomas Hengelbrock |
| 2010 | Andris Nelsons |
| 2008 | Daniele Gatti |
| 2007 | Christoph Ulrich Meier |
| Sebastian Weigle | |
| 2005 | Eiji Oue |
| 2003 | Marc Albrecht |
| 2002 | Sir Andrew Davis |
| 2001 | Adam Fischer |
| 2000 | Christian Thielemann |
| Christoph Eschenbach | |
| 1999 | Antonio Pappano |
| 1992 | Donald C. Runnicles |
| 1987 | Michael Schønwandt |
| 1985 | Giuseppe Sinopoli |
| 1983 | Sir Georg Solti |
| 1982 | James Levine |
| 1981 | Peter Schneider |
| Mark Elder | |
| Daniel Barenboim | |
| 1980 | Woldemar Nelsson |
| 1979 | Edo de Waart |
| 1978 | Dennis Russell Davies |
| 1977 | Sir Colin Davis |
| 1975 | Hans Zender |
| 1974 | Carlos Kleiber |
| 1973 | Heinrich Hollreiser |
| 1970 | Hans Wallat |
| 1969 | Silvio Varviso |
| Horst Stein | |
| 1968 | Alberto Erede |
| 1966 | Carl Melles |
| Pierre Boulez | |
| 1964 | Otmar Suitner |
| Berislav Klobucar | |
| Robert Heger | |
| 1963 | Thomas Schippers |
| 1962 | Karl Böhm |
| 1961 | Josef Krips |
| 1960 | Lorin Maazel |
| Ferdinand Leitner | |
| Rudolf Kempe | |
| 1959 | Lovro von Matacic |
| 1959 | Erich Leinsdorf |
| 1957 | Wolfgang Sawallisch |
| 1955 | André Cluytens |
| 1953 | Clemens Krauss |
| Eugen Jochum | |
| Paul Hindemith | |
| 1952 | Joseph Keilberth |
| 1951 | Herbert von Karajan |
| Hans Knappertsbusch | |
| 1943 | Hermann Abendroth |
| 1942 | Richard Kraus |
| 1939 | Victor de Sabata |
| 1933 | Heinz Tietjen |
| 1931 | Wilhelm Furtwängler |
| 1930 | Arturo Toscanini |
| 1927 | Franz von Hoesslin |
| Karl Elmendorff | |
| 1924 | Willibald Kaehler |
| Fritz Busch | |
| 1904 | Franz Beidler |
| Michael Balling | |
| 1901 | Karl Muck |
| 1897 | Anton Seidl |
| 1896 | Siegfried Wagner |
| 1894 | Richard Strauss |
| 1886 | Felix Mottl |
| 1882 | Franz Fischer |
| Hermann Levi | |
| 1876 | Hans Richter |
| since | Name |
| 2025 | Thomas Eitler-de Lint |
| 2000 | Eberhard Friedrich |
| 1972 | Norbert Balatsch |
| 1951 | Wilhelm Pitz |
| 1942 | Gerhard Steeger |
| 1936 | Friedrich Jung |
| 1906 | Hugo Rüdel |
| 1889 | Heinrich Porges |
| 1884 | Hermann Levi |
| 1882 | Julius Kniese |
| 1876 | Franz Fischer |