A Festspielhaus or Festival Theatre is a German language term describing a theatre designed for opera or music festivals.
There are several examples of Festival Theatres in the German-speaking world:
Bayreuth Festspielhaus or the Bayreuth Festival Theatre in Bayreuth, Germany
Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Baden-Baden, Germany
Grosses Festspielhaus (Grand Festival Hall) in Salzburg, Austria
Kleines Festspielhaus (Little Festival Hall) in Salzburg, Austria
Festspielhaus St. Pölten in St. Pölten, Austria
Festspielhaus Hellerau in the district of Hellerau, now part of Dresden, Germany; see info in the German Wikipedia
FestSpielHaus, in Munich, Germany
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Bayreuth Festspielhaus or the Bayreuth Festival Theatre in Bayreuth, Germany Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in Baden-Baden, Germany Grosses Festspielhaus (Grand...
The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre (German: Bayreuther Festspielhaus, pronounced [baɪˈʁɔʏtɐ ˈfɛstʃpiːlˌhaʊs]) is an opera house north...
Festspielhaus Hellerau (English: Hellerau Festival House or Hellerau Theatre) is a theatre/studio building/classroom building located in Hellerau, the...
of modern music. Wagner had his own opera house built, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which embodied many novel design features. The Ring and Parsifal were...
and Heinrich Damisch formed an organization known as the Salzburger Festspielhaus-Gemeinde to establish an annual festival of drama and music, emphasizing...
Dame Sarah Patricia Connolly DBE (born 13 June 1963) is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her baroque and classical roles, Connolly has...
Performances take place in a specially designed theatre, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. Wagner personally supervised the design and construction of the theatre...
example of the architecture of this era is the 1960 opening of the Großes Festspielhaus by Clemens Holzmeister. Adding contemporary architecture to Salzburg's...
recovered: Liszt contributed financially to the building of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1871, and he began to correspond with Wagner and Cosima again, frequently...
He eventually had a purpose-built theatre constructed, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, in which to perform this work. The theatre has a special stage that...
former water tower, now converted to housing use. To the north-west the Festspielhaus provides a cultural focus. This housed a Rhythmic Gymnastics centre...
Germany's first garden city. In 1911, Heinrich Tessenow built the Hellerau Festspielhaus (festival theatre). Until the outbreak of World War I, Hellerau was...
took advantage of the particular acoustics of his newly built Bayreuth Festspielhaus. Parsifal was first produced at the second Bayreuth Festival in 1882...
the Los Angeles Opera in 2018 and by the Staatsoper Hamburg and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in 2019. In 1769 for Le feste d'Apollo at Parma which was...
indoor arena, a music club, a cinema and exhibition space. The Bayreuth Festspielhaus in Germany is a theatre designed and built for performances of one specific...
Bregenzer Festspiele zeppelin in May 2012 The Festspielhaus The Festspielhaus Inside the Festspielhaus "History of the Bregenz Festival: Origin and genesis"...
Wagner was now planning his great personal opera house – the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. Ludwig initially refused to support the grandiose project. When Wagner...
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