Simone Young wins International Opera Award for best conductor!
Simone Young was honoured as best conductor at the International Opera Awards. The Australian, known for her Wagner interpretations, has…
Pablo Heras-Casado is ‘Conductor of the Year’!
The critics of the specialist magazine ‘Opernwelt’ praised his ‘rhetorically and poetically impressive’ interpretation of ‘Parsifal’ at the Bayreuth Festival.…
Schedule 2025 and ordering procedure!
The program for the 2025 festival season has now been published and is available at: https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/programme/programme/ The ordering process begins…
Closing of the Bayreuth Festival 2024!
After 30 performances, the 112th Bayreuth Festival comes to a very successful close today. Over 58,000 visitors attended and all…
Thomas Eitler – de Lint is the new director of the Bayreuth Festival Chorus!
After an intensive search and numerous discussions with potential candidates, the Bayreuth Festival announces that Thomas Eitler – de Lint…
Honouring the performers!
The traditional honouring of performers took place today in Haus Wahnfried. Six soloists, eleven singers from the choir, six orchestral…
Digital program booklets!
Worth reading, profound and informative – our program booklets, bilingual in German and English, always also available digitally! For 5…
Cast change for the title role of “The Flying Dutchman” on August 8!
Due to an injury, Michael Volle will not be able to sing the title role in “Der fliegende Holländer” on…
TAff cinema day in memory of Stephen Gould on 5th August!
And together and happy they drive off into the sunset: the touching final video sequence of Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth…
Festival de Bayreuth: casi todo vendido
Las entradas para el Festival de Bayreuth de este año están agotadas, excepto algunas entradas restantes para la actuación de…