At the offices of Bayreuth Marketing & Tourismus GmbH (Opernstrasse 22, 95444 Bayreuth), as well as. Opening hours: Seven hours before the start of the performance until one hour before the start of the performance. The registration process must be completed at least one hour before the performance begins.
When does the Bayreuth Festival 2019 end?
After 32 sold-out performances, the Bayreuth Festival 2019 will come to a successful end on 28th of August.
What has changed at Bayreuth this year?
With Frank Castorf ’s Bayreuth staging of the Ring back for its fourth season, the initial focus of interest and newsworthiness this year fall on changes to the musical side of the production. Most importantly, the conducting has passed from Kirill Petrenko to the veteran Marek Janowski.
What to do in Bayreuth?
We recommend all visitors to walk to the Festspielhaus if possible. You can find more information here. A theatre created for a single composer: the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. With an auditorium in which his music unfolds like in no other theatre in the world. With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration.
What was the Principality of Bayreuth before 1604?
In 1398 Bayreuth was partitioned from Nuremberg, becoming the Principality of Bayreuth ( German: Fürstentum Bayreuth ). Until 1604, however, the princely residence and the centre of the territory was the castle of Plassenburg in Kulmbach and as such the territory was officially known as the Principality of Kulmbach.
What is the significance of the Gauforum in Bayreuth?
Bayreuth was to have received a so-called Gauforum, a combined government building and marching square built to symbolise the centre of power in the town. Bayreuth’s first Gauleiter was Hans Schemm, who was also the head (Reichswalter) of the National Socialist Teachers League, NSLB, which was located in Bayreuth.
