Programma Bayreuther Festival
Festival Programme 2026
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FESTIVAL OPEN AIR
July - August 2026
July: 24 (8h00 pm)
August: 02 (5h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music TBA
ARTISTS:
Conductor: TBA
Director: TBA
Cast: TBA
RIENZI
July - August 2026
July: 26
August: 03, 08, 14, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Director: Alexandra Szemerédy, Magdolna Parditka
Cast: Andreas Schager/Gabriela Scherer/Andreas Bauer Kanabas/Jennifer Holloway/Michael Nagy/Vitalij Kowaljow/Matthias Stier/Michael Kupfer-Radecky
DIE WALKÜRE
July - August 2026
July: 28
August: 05, 13
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Marcus Lobbes
Cast: Klaus Florian Vogt/Mika Kares/Michael Volle/Elza van den Heever/Camilla Nylund/Anna Kissjudit
SIEGFRIED
July - August 2026
July: 30
August: 07, 15
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Marcus Lobbes
Cast: Klaus Florian Vogt/Gerhard Siegel/Michael Volle/Jochen Schmeckenbecher/Peter Rose/Christa Mayer/Camilla Nylund/Victoria Randem
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
August 2026
August: 01, 09, 16
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Marcus Lobbes
Cast: Klaus Florian Vogt/Michael Kupfer-Radecky/Jochen Schmeckenbecher/Mika Kares/Camilla Nylund/Magdalena Hinterdobler/Christa Mayer/Anna Kissjudit/Alexandra Ionis/Magdalena Hinterdobler/Katharina Konradi/Natalia Skrycka/Marie Henriette Reinhold
SYMPHONY NO. 9
July - August 2026
July: 25 (6h00 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Cast: Elza van den Heever/Christa Mayer/Piotr Beczała/Georg Zeppenfeld
DAS RHEINGOLD
July - August 2026
July: 27
August: 04, 12
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Christian Thielemann
Director: Marcus Lobbes
Cast: Michael Volle/Alexander Grassauer/Siyabonga Maqungo/Klaus Florian Vogt/Anna Kissjudit/Evelin Novak/Christa Mayer/Jochen Schmeckenbecher/Gerhard Siegel/Mika Kares/Peter Rose/Katharina Konradi/Natalia Skrycka/Marie Henriette Reinhold
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
July - August 2026
July: 29
August: 06, 18, 23
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Oksana Lyniv
Director: Dmitri Tcherniakov
Cast: Mika Kares/Asmik Grigorian (08.06., 08.18.)-Elisabeth Teige (07.29., 08.23.)/Benjamin Bruns/Nadine Weissmann/Nicholas Brownlee
PARSIFAL
July - August 2026
July: 31
August: 10, 20, 25
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib
Cast: Michael Volle/ Vitalij Kowaljow/Georg Zeppenfeld/Andreas Schager/Jordan Shanahan/Miina-Liisa Värelä/Lavinia Dames/Natalia Skrycka/Evelin Novak/Catalina Bertucci/Natalia Skrycka/Victoria Randem/Lavinia Dames/Marie Henriette Reinhold/Marie Henriette Reinhold
BERNHARD LANG/MICHAEL STURMINGER BRÜNNHILDE BRENNT
August 2026
August: 02 (7h30 pm), 04 (7h30 pm), 06 (7h30 pm)
DETAILS:
Music Richard Wagner
ARTISTS:
Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer
Director: Neil Barry Moss
Cast: Catherine Foster/Dortmunder Philharmoniker
