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Bayreuth

American

[bahy-roit, bahy-roit] / ˈbaɪ rɔɪt, baɪˈrɔɪt /

noun

a city in NE Bavaria, in SE Germany: annual music festivals founded by Richard Wagner.

Bayreuth British

/ baiˈrɔyt /

noun

a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)

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The last Bayreuth “Ring” looked like a Netflix series taking place in a modernist woodsy villa.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

The composer designed a revolutionary theater for the four-night epic in the provincial German town of Bayreuth.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

And just in time: In 2026, it will be 150 years since Wagner premiered the full “Ring” at his festival in Bayreuth, Germany.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

A pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival during a more than three-decade career on the world’s top stages.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

Even relatively nearby, in Vienna, Brahms ploughed his symphonic furrow, stylistically unaffected by the Bayreuth hurricanes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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