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Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1882. The Bayreuth Festival (German: Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented.
This list provides details of all the performances of Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen produced at the Bayreuth Festival, from the festival's inception in 1876 up to 2022. For differing reasons, no festivals were held between 1877 and 1881, 1915 to 1923, and 1943 to 1950.
The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre [1] (German: Bayreuther Festspielhaus, pronounced [baɪˈʁɔʏtɐ ˈfɛstʃpiːlˌhaʊs]) is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, built by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner and dedicated solely to the performance of his stage works.
[4] [5] Although these have been staged elsewhere and Rienzi was very popular into the early 20th century, [6] the works in the canon exceed them, both in the number of performances given [7] and in the number of available recordings. [8] The term Bayreuth canon is therefore sometimes taken to mean the composer's mature operas. [9]
The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra is a seasonal German orchestra based at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus for the annual summer festival Bayreuth Festival.It is reconstituted each season in order to perform Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen and other of his stage works, as envisaged by the composer and festival founder.
The Jahrhundertring (Centenary Ring) was the production of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976, celebrating the centenary of both the festival and the first performance of the complete cycle.
Bayreuth Festival, German: Bayreuther Festspiele; Bayreuther Blätter (Bayreuth pages), a monthly newsletter founded in 1878; Bayreuther Osterfestival, an Easter Festival held at Bayreuth; Bayreuther Brauhaus, a brewery, and its beers
Bayreuther Blätter (Bayreuth pages) was a monthly journal founded in by Richard Wagner 1878 and edited by Hans von Wolzogen until his death in 1938. It was written primarily for visitors to the Bayreuth Festival. The newsletter carried frequent articles by Wagner himself as well as contributions from many of his circle.