Bayreuth
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noun
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Patrice Chéreau’s 1976 Bayreuth centenary staging, for many still the cycle’s definitive modern vision, found a parable of industrial capitalism and class conflict inside Wagner’s myth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
He does, in very satisfying style, shut down the grandsons of Hitler’s beloved Richard Wagner, who hope he will help them to revive their grandfather’s Bayreuth Festival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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
Indeed, one of the reasons musicians from all over Europe flocked to hear Wagner’s music dramas at Bayreuth in the 1870s was because they were so radically out of step with the mainstream.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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