The Bayreuth Festival and Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner and the Bayreuth Festspielhaus The Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held every July/August in Bayreuth, Germany. The festival features performances of operas by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The composer...

Richard Wagner, Bayreuth and Italy

“The Ring of the Nibelung” Introduction Richard Wagner (1813-1883) revolutionized classical music with his Tristan und Isolde (1859) and The Ring (1874). His tremendous influence on opera came from his “musical dramas,” including the...

Park Life in Germany

We are fresh off our third weekend straight spent relaxing and socializing in the park. We have steadily shifted to life outside here in Germany as the number of Covid infections hovers and mostly holds steady and the weather warms. After months indoors, Germans are...