Opera house · Germany · Restored
Bayreuth Festival Theatre
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus
The Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Richard‑Wagner‑Festspielhaus) is an opera house on the Grüner Hügel near Bayreuth, built for performances of Richard Wagner's stage works. Conceived and supervised by Wagner with architect Otto Brückwald, it was opened in 1876 and remains the dedicated venue for the annual Bayreuth Festival.
Its prime
1876
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1876
What Bayreuth Festival Theatre looked like in its prime.
Low, broad complex of red-brown brick with a more ornate stone-faced entry block at the front (the Königsbau) and otherwise plain brick wings. Multiple dark, low-pitched metal roofs step down from a taller, rectangular stage house with a large arched upper window. The building sits on a planted, gently sloping green hill with a paved forecourt. Interior structure is predominantly timber and plaster with a painted canvas ceiling over the auditorium.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1876.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Bayreuth Festival Theatre, including 6 interiors: auditorium — central aisle and rake, rear gallery and back-wall boxes, stage edge and double proscenium and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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Families who held Bayreuth Festival Theatre.
The families tied to Bayreuth Festival Theatre across its history, follow a name to its page.
Built 1872-1876 to Richard Wagner's specification for his festival; direction has stayed in the Wagner family for five generations, down to Katharina Wagner today.
