Wagner & Co.

The first thing that usually comes to mind when thinking about Bayreuth is Richard Wagner and the Festival Theater on the Green Hill. Yet Bayreuth's reputation as international art center began much earlier, in the middle of the 18th century, with the Prussian king's daughter, the Margrave Wilhelmine, who was the favourite sister of Frederic the Great.

Every year at the end of July and in early August, the historical gardens around the hermitage and its dreamy grottos and water displays are transformed into a huge festival ground for the romantic Bayreuth Summer Night Festival. Tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world flock to Bayreuth every year for the Wagner Festival, Germany's most important opera event.

But Bayreuth has a lot more first-class music to offer at the Margravial Opera House. There is the „Easter Festival“, the classical music series „Musica Bayreuth“ featuring orchestra and chamber music as well as soloists. Then there is the „Franconian Festival Week“, the „Bayreuth Piano Festival“ or „Baroque in Bayreuth“ with concerts and operas of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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