What is the Bayreuth Festival?
Q: What is the Bayreuth Festival?
A: The Bayreuth Festival is an annual music festival held in Bayreuth, Germany that features performances of operas by Richard Wagner.
Q: Why did Richard Wagner want to start a festival for his operas in Bayreuth?
A: Wagner was not satisfied with the way that theatres were usually designed, so he wanted to design his own theatre in Bayreuth.
Q: What is the name of the theatre that Wagner designed?
A: The theatre that Wagner designed is called the Festspielhaus, or Festival House.
Q: What was Wagner's approach to theatre design for the Festspielhaus?
A: Wagner had some new ideas about theatre design, such as having the orchestra pit so low that it would not be seen by the audience.
Q: When was Wagner's cycle of operas called the Der Ring des Nibelungen performed complete for the first time?
A: The Der Ring des Nibelungen was performed complete for the first time when the theatre opened in 1876.
Q: What was the immediate response to the Bayreuth Festival?
A: The festival immediately became internationally famous, and almost every serious musician in Europe wanted to go to Bayreuth to hear Wagner's music performed there.
Q: Why is it difficult to get tickets to the Bayreuth Festival?
A: It is extremely difficult to get tickets to the festival because so many people want to go, and people often wait for ten years before they can get a ticket.
