Bayreuth
Americannoun
noun
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Launched by Richard Wagner in 1876 at an opera house built to his specifications, the Bayreuth festival is devoted to the composer’s last 10 operas.
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
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
Gould said he made the announcement after the Bayreuth Festival ended last week because “I did not wish anything to cloud this year’s achievements.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
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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