SECTION IV – BAYREUTH

Architectural masterpiece and technological prowess, innovative and revolutionary, the Bayreuth Festival Theatre, which was inaugurated in August 1876, was designed by the composer himself to stage the four operas that constitute  the cycle of  Cycle. This adventure was the outcome of nearly twenty-five years of composition, artistic and philosophical reflections, but also political and financial discussions/negotiations  with the most notorious/influential people of his time. The adventure still continues up to this day, with the composer’s heirs following the succession line, for the better though sometimes also with a few surprises in store…