News

The festival management announces the program for the 2021 festival season!

29th January 2021

In addition to the new production of “Der fliegende Holländer” (7 performances), there will be revivals of the productions of…

28th January 2021

The Bayreuth Festival is pleased to announce the appointment of Ulrich Jagels as its new Commercial Director, succeeding Holger von…

30th December 2020

It is with great sadness that the Bayreuth Festival has learned of the death of baritone Sandor Solyom-Nagy. The artist,…

23rd December 2020

The Bayreuth Festival wishes all its visitors, contributors, business partners and friends near and far a happy holiday season, a…

1st December 2020

We congratulate Oksana Lyniv (designated conductor of the new production “The Flying Dutchman” 2021) and Tobias Kratzer on winning this…

26th November 2020

The festival management and all employees were delighted to receive the federal government’s pledge to provide a further 85 million…

3rd November 2020

The trained electrician, who joined the Bremen Theater in 1963 through Kurt Hübner, was a student of Wieland Wagner’s chief…

27th October 2020

We are delighted about the award of the magazine “Opernwelt” and congratulate Tobias Kratzer for the “Director of the Year”…

20th August 2020

The suspension of the Bayreuth Festival this year will also change the ordering procedure for the 2021 season. The order…

11th August 2020

It was with great dismay and sadness that we heard of Gerda Mayer’s death. She had been an employee of…