Nathalie Stutzmann become second woman to conduct at Bayreuth, 2 years after gender barrier broken
Nathalie Stutzmann has become the second woman to lead a Richard Wagner opera at the Bayreuth Festival
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Augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's `Parsifal' opens Bayreuth Festival
Director Jay Scheib’s augmented reality-infused production of Wagner's “Parsifal” premiered in the the theater the compo...
Bayreuth Festival plans to present Wagner's 'Rienzi' for the first time in 2026
The Bayreuth Festival intends to present “Rienzi” for the first time in 2026 for its 150th anniversary, going outside of...
Joseph Calleja withdraws from `Parsifal' opening Bayreuth Festival on July 25
Tenor Joseph Calleja has withdrawn from the title role in “Parsifal” that opens the annual Richard Wagner Festival at Ba...
Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86
Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival dur...