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.

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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)

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Example Sentences

The German and Bavarian governments, and the Society of Friends of Bayreuth each have a 29% share in the festival, and the city of Bayreuth a 13% share.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 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

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

The singer withdrew this summer from the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, where he was scheduled to perform the title roles in “Tannhäuser” and “Tristan und Isolde” and Siegfried in “Götterdämmerung.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Perhaps it is even more remarkable in Verdi’s case, since his was the field of musical theatre, so transformed, or so it was claimed, by the Bayreuth ‘revolution’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall