Alternative top programme for Bayreuth Festival fans
For all Wagner fans, the Bayreuth Festival, together with BR-KLASSIK and 3sat, will be staging Wagner’s works as a Gesamtkunstwerk…
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Reversal of Festival Tickets 2020
Today, 29 May 2020, marks the beginning of the reversal of tickets already purchased for the 2020 Festival. All customers…
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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…
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Suspension Bayreuth Festival 2020
In view of the effects of the Corona crisis on the operations of the Bayreuth Festival GmbH, the management and the shareholders of the Bayreuth Festival GmbH – the Federal Republic of Germany, the Free State of Bavaria, the City of Bayreuth and the Society of Friends of Bayreuth e.V. – regret that the Bayreuth Festival 2020 will have to be suspended next summer.
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”.
Your tickets for the Bayreuth Festival 2020 – order until 31 October
We would like to kindly remind all those interested in the Bayreuth Festival that until 31 October 2019 there is still the possibility to order your tickets for 2020 via our website.
From the end of September you can reach us again
The 108th Bayreuth Festival is over, we thank all participants on, in front of and behind the stage for what they have achieved for months. And we thank our enthusiastic audience from near and far!
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“…
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