Bayreuth, operatic shrine erected by Richard Wagner to himself, is getting ready for its first wide-open festival since 1939 ... with defending Wagner’s music than with denazifying him ...

The Bayreuth Festival has long been regarded ... Green Hill lawns and listen to the music without having to pay admission fees. Bayreuth open air in 2022Image: Gaby Reucher/DW "All of us had ...

Frau Wagner had a feeling before she tore open the envelope that the worst had happened, that Arturo Toscanini had decided not to come to Bayreuth this summer to conduct at the Wagner Festival.

After two constricted pandemic years, the Bayreuth Festival is back with ... musicians from the opera productions as part of a "Festival Open Air" on two evenings, which will not only be about ...

In conjunction with the end of this season on Tuesday night, Bayreuth announced its new production of “Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg” will open the 113th festival next July 25. Valentin ...

The Bayreuth Festival dropped four productions from its ... The 2026 season will open as planned with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which was conducted by Wagner following the foundation stone ...

the Bayreuth festival is devoted to the composer’s last 10 operas. This year’s festival runs from July 25 to Aug. 27. The feds yanked millions for their clean-air projects. Now San Diego ...