Bayreuth Festival
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| - | Wagner's influence on literature and philosophy is also significant. [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] was part of Wagner's inner circle during the early 1870s, and his first published work [[The Birth of Tragedy]] proposed Wagner's music as the [[Dionysian]] rebirth of European culture in opposition to [[Apollonian and Dionysian|Apollonian]] rationalist decadence. Nietzsche broke with Wagner following the first [[Bayreuth Festival]], believing that Wagner's final phase represented a pandering to Christian pieties and a surrender to the new demagogic German Reich. | + | The '''Bayreuth Festival''' is a music festival held annually in [[Bayreuth]], Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer [[Richard Wagner]] are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his own works, in particular his monumental cycle ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' and ''[[Parsifal]]''. |
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| - | *[[Nietzsche contra Wagner]] | + | == Early history== |
| - | *[[The Case of Wagner]] | + | |
| - | *[[Nietzsche]] | + | Since its opening in 1876, the Bayreuth Festival has been a socio-cultural phenomenon. The inauguration took place on 13 August 1876, with a performance of [[Das Rheingold]]. Present at this unique musical event were [[Wilhelm I of Germany|Kaiser Wilhelm]], [[Pedro II of Brazil|Dom Pedro II]] of Brazil, King Ludwig (who attended in secret, probably to avoid the Kaiser), and other members of the nobility, as well as the philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] who committed much effort to helping his then good friend Wagner establish the festival. |
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The Bayreuth Festival is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his own works, in particular his monumental cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal.
Early history
Since its opening in 1876, the Bayreuth Festival has been a socio-cultural phenomenon. The inauguration took place on 13 August 1876, with a performance of Das Rheingold. Present at this unique musical event were Kaiser Wilhelm, Dom Pedro II of Brazil, King Ludwig (who attended in secret, probably to avoid the Kaiser), and other members of the nobility, as well as the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who committed much effort to helping his then good friend Wagner establish the festival.
