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Bayreuth

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

noun

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


Bayreuth British  
/ baiˈrɔyt /

noun

  1. 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Bayreuth experience encompasses not just the production and performance but also a sense of place and purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

She was hired as chief conductor of the Graz Opera from 2017-20, and in 2021, became the first woman to conduct at Wagner’s Bayreuth Festival in Germany.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

The two men, both dual citizens of Russia and Germany, were arrested on Wednesday in Bayreuth, a city about 120 miles north of Munich, German federal prosecutors said.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

Everywhere you look in the 1880s, outside Bayreuth, you see composers carrying on as if nothing had happened.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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