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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Bayreuth, Germany

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BayreuthGuest in Bayreuth

© Jurga Anusauskiene
Friedrichsforum, Fri 30 Oct at 20:00
Šerkšnytė, Schumann, Schumann C., Čiurlionis
Bamberg Symphony; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla; Onutė Gražinytė; Julia Lindhorst-Apfelthaler; Stephan Ullrich
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BayreuthGuest at Musica Bayreuth

© Radovan Subin
Margravial Opera House, Sat 19 Jun at 19:30
Zelenka, Mysliveček, Mozart
Bamberg Symphony; Václav Luks; Josef Špaček Jr
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BayreuthDas RheingoldNew production

Das Rheingold © Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
Bayreuther Festspielhaus, Wed 12 Aug at 18:00
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Christian Thielemann; Marcus Lobbes; Wolf Gutjahr; Pia Maria Mackert; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Nils Corte
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Das Rheingold at the Bayreuth Festival: “404 Regie not found”

Das Rheingold © Enrico Nawrath | Bayreuther Festspiele
Alexandra Richter, 04 Aug
Fans of Regietheater and purists alike are in for a rough ride with this new AI-generated Ring at the Bayreuth Festival, although Christian Thielemann delivers a memorable performance to mark the 150th anniversary.
***11
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Masked marvels and Venetian mischief: Cavalli at Bayreuth Baroque

Max Emanuel Cenčić (Pompeo) and Valer Sabadus (Scipione Servilio) © Clemens Manser Photography
Mengguang Huang, 14 Sep
In the intimate splendour of the Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth Baroque revives Cavalli’s Pompeo Magno with a riot of colors, eight masked countertenors and a Tiepolo-like air of playful chaos.
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Parsifal in Augmented Reality at the Bayreuth Festival

Elīna Garanča (Kundry) © Enrico Nawrath
Snapdragon, 30 Jul
Jay Scheib spices up the visual experience with digital content in his production of Parsifal. Sounds good. But is it?
***11
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Bayreuth 150: reflections from the Green Hill

Fanfare on the Festspielhaus balcony © Meike Kratzer
Bachtrack, 03 Jul
The Bayreuth Festival will celebrate its anniversary season in 2026. It has been a pilgrimage site for Wagnerians for 150 years, with Bachtrack attending regularly since 2014. We asked our reviewers to share their fondest memories with us.
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Richard Wagner und die historische Aufführungspraxis

Jens Klier, 20 Aug
Auch wenn es „den einen unwiderruflichen Originalklang nicht geben kann", Concerto Köln und Kent Nagano versuchen sich dennoch an Wagners Ring.
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Ten final resting places of famous composers

The gravestone of Antonio Salieri in the Vienna Central Cemetary (gate 2, group 0, row 1, number 54) © Eva Maria Mandl | Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA-4.0
Danny Riley, 04 Jul
Hanging around in graveyards isn’t just the reserve of goths: here are the places classical fans of a morbid persuasion should go.
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