The Bayreuth Festival starts its 2018 edition with a world premiere. As part of the “Bayreuth Discourse”, the new opera “der verschwundene hochzeiter” by renowned Austrian composer Klaus Lang will be performed for the first time on 24 July 2018.
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Festival tickets 2018 – On March 18, the online immediate purchase begins
As has been the practice since 2013, the Bayreuth Festival offers all interested parties also for 2018 the opportunity to…
Read moreImmediate online procurement: Festival tickets 2018
The immediate online procurement of tickets for the Bayreuth Festival 2018 will begin at 2 p. m. (CET) on March…
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Fröhliche Weihnachten! – Merry Christmas! – Joyeux Noël! – Feliz Navidad!
After an artistically successful festival season in 2017, the Bayreuth Festival wishes all its visitors, participants, business partners and all…
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32 minutes (!) stormy applause, standing ovations, 49 curtains – with the acclaimed performance of Götterdämmerung on 28.8. 2017 endet not only the 106th Bayreuth Festival, also the “Ring of the Nibelungen”, directed by Frank Castorf, is now theater history …
Preview 2018
The Festival Programme 2018 is online – the saison startet on the 25th July – with a new production of Lohengrin. The direction lies in the hands of Yval Sahron, the stage design comes from Neo Rauch and Rosa Loy. The performances conducted by …
Cast change Parsifal 5th August
Due to illness, Hartmut Haenchen will not be able to conduct the performance of Parsifal on 5th August, he will…
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Hojotoho, welcome
to this year’s Bayreuth Festival. Even if you are unable to come all the way to Bayreuth personally, the festival…
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PARSIFAL available on Blu-Ray and DVD from 21 July
Deutsche Grammophon is releasing Uwe Eric Laufenberg’s acclaimed production of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal…