In which German town has a month-long festival celebrating the music of Richard Wagner been held every summer since 1876?
"much of which Wagner spent in Italy for health reasons. From 1876 to 1878 Wagner also embarked on the last of his documented emotional liaisons, this time with Judith Gautier, whom he had met at the 1876 Festival. Wagner was also much troubled by problems of financing ""Parsifal"", and by the prospect of the work being performed by other theatres than Bayreuth. He was once again assisted by the liberality of King Ludwig, but was still forced by his personal financial situation in 1877 to sell the rights of several of his unpublished works (including the ""Siegfried Idyll"") to the"
"composer Richard Wagner, who lived in Bayreuth from 1872 until his death in 1883. Wagner's villa, ""Wahnfried"", was constructed in Bayreuth under the sponsorship of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, and was converted after World War II into a Wagner Museum. In the northern part of Bayreuth is the Festival Hall, an opera house specially constructed for and exclusively devoted to the performance of Wagner's operas. The premieres of the final two works of Wagner's ""Ring Cycle"" (""Siegfried"" and ""Götterdämmerung""); the cycle as a whole; and of ""Parsifal"" took place here. Every summer, Wagner's operas are performed at the Festspielhaus"
"Ravello Festival The Ravello Festival is also popularly known as the ""Wagner Festival"" and is an annual summer festival of music and the arts held in the town of Ravello on the Amalfi coast in the Campania region of Italy. The festival has been held yearly since 1953 when the town fathers decided to use the historical fact of the visit to Ravello in 1880 by German composer Richard Wagner as a way to promote tourism and bolster the economy of the area in the difficult years following the Second World War. The composer had been so taken with the"
"Kissinger Sommer The Kissinger Sommer is a classical music festival held every year in the summer in the city of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria, Southern Germany. The festival was founded in 1986. At the beginning the focus of the festival was on the improvement of the cultural relations between eastern and western Europe. Every year an east-european country was partner of the festival, beginning with Hungary in 1986. Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union followed. So the festival became a place, were one could see artists from east and west, especially of the partner-countries and of East-Germany. Among the artists"
"Dresden Music Festival The Dresden Music Festival (German: Dresdner Musikfestspiele) is an annual music festival which takes place in Dresden, Germany in May and June. Although classical music, including contemporary classical music, forms the core of its performances, world music, jazz, and dance are also presented. One of its hallmarks is that the choice of repertoire is built on a specific theme which changes each year. The festival was established by government decree in 1978 when Dresden was still part of the German Democratic Republic. The German cellist Jan Vogler has been its Artistic Director since 2009. The performances are"
"and the state of Bavaria, with the German national government and the Bavarian state government holding majority shares. Repairs were completed on 26 July 2015 and the building is fully restored. Bayreuth Festspielhaus The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre (, ) is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, built by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner and dedicated solely to the performance of his stage works. It is the venue for the annual Bayreuth Festival, for which it was specifically conceived and built. Its official name is . Wagner adapted the design of the ""Festspielhaus"" from an unrealised"
"orchestra of the city of Dresden. Throughout the summer, the outdoor concert series ""Zwingerkonzerte und Mehr"" is held in the ""Zwingerhof"". Performances include dance and music. A big event each year in June is the Bunte Republik Neustadt, a culture festival lasting 3 days in the city district of Dresden-Neustadt. Bands play live concerts for free in the streets and people can find all kinds of refreshments and food. Dresden hosts the ""Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden"" (Dresden State Art Collections) which, according to the institution's own statements, place it among the most important museums presently in existence. The art collections consist"
"Gluck, and in 2016 she sang Maria in Leonard Bernstein's ""West Side Story"". Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One highlight is the annual performance of the play ""Jedermann"" (""Everyman"") by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Since 1967, an annual Salzburg Easter Festival has also been held, organized by a separate organization. Music festivals had been held in Salzburg at irregular intervals since 1877 held by the"
"always celebrated her birthday on Christmas Day. One of the guests present at this performance was the newly appointed 26-year-old Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel, Friedrich Nietzsche Today the villa is a museum. Tribschen Tribschen (also seen as ""Triebschen"") is a district of the city of Lucerne, in the Canton of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Tribschen is best known today as the home of the German composer Richard Wagner from 30 March 1866 to 22 April 1872. When Wagner was obliged to leave Munich in March 1866, he moved to a spacious villa in Tribschen on"
"called simply ""Das Fest"" (""The Festival""). The Baden State Theatre has sponsored the Händel Festival since 1978. The city hosted the 23rd and 31st European Juggling Conventions (EJC) in 2000 and 2008. In July the African Summer Festival is held in the city's Nordstadt. Markets, drumming workshops, exhibitions, a varied children's programme, and musical performances take place during the three days festival. In the past Karlsruhe has been the host of LinuxTag (the biggest Linux event in Europe) and until 2006 hosted the annual Linux Audio Conference. Visitors and locals watched the total solar eclipse at noon on August 11,"
"Schwetzingen Festival The Schwetzingen Festival (German: Schwetzinger Festspiele, now Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele) is an early summer festival of opera and other classical music presented each year from May to early June in Schwetzingen, Germany. In 1952 the broadcaster Süddeutscher Rundfunk founded the festival in the Schwetzingen area. It is located in a beautiful 250-year-old palace and park, Schwetzingen Castle, near the famous city of Heidelberg. The main venue is the historic Schlosstheater Schwetzingen. Nowadays, the successor organization is the Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and it organises a large number of international concerts and music theatre events every year. One of the festival's"
"Mozart Festival Würzburg The Mozart Festival Würzburg is an annual four-week festival of classic music in the city of Würzburg. The Festival is held in the building and the gardens of UNESCO World Heritage Würzburg Residence . The Mozart Festival Würzburg is Germany's oldest Mozart Festival. Like the Salzburg Festival it ranks among the most well-known festivals of classic music in the German-speaking world. Each year between May and July internationally renowned symphony orchestras perform Mozart's masterpieces in more than 50 concerts. It is a mixture of indoor and open-air concerts in the unique atmosphere of Würzburg Residence and its"
"In Dresden, the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony, the people took to the streets asking King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony to engage in electoral reform, social justice and for a constitution. German composer Richard Wagner passionately engaged himself in the revolution in Dresden, supporting the democratic-republican movement. Later during the May Uprising in Dresden from May 3–9, 1849, he supported the provisional government. Others participating in the Uprising were the Russian revolutionary Michael Bakunin and the German working-class leader Stephen Born. In all, about 2,500 combatants manned the barricades during the May Uprising. On May 9, 1849, together"
"festival hosts about 60,000 visitors yearly. The focus of the festival 2018 was french music. Klavier-Festival Ruhr The Klavier-Festival Ruhr (also ""Klavierfestival Ruhr"") is an annual festival of piano music, which takes place in the area of the Ruhr in Germany. The festival runs from around the beginning of May for three months. The organizer of the festival is the Stiftung Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and the art leader is Franz Xaver Ohnesorg. The festival was founded in 1988. For three months, starting in May, daily classical music or jazz pieces are performed at different locations by internationally known pianists as well"
"programme and, subsequently, CD/DVD releases. Rudolstadt-Festival The Rudolstadt-Festival (till 2015 TFF (""Tanz- und Folkfest"") Rudolstadt) is a German folk, roots and world music festival. It takes place annually on the first full July weekend in Rudolstadt/Thuringia and lasts from Thursday evening to Sunday night. Until 2010 it was preceded by a special concert on Thursday evening at the ""Heidecksburg""-castle and started officially on Friday evening at the market place of Rudolstadt. In 2016 more than 300 concerts on 20 stages took place during the festival and 90.000 visitors had been coming. Since July 1994, Ken Hunt has contributed the English-language"
"Klavier-Festival Ruhr The Klavier-Festival Ruhr (also ""Klavierfestival Ruhr"") is an annual festival of piano music, which takes place in the area of the Ruhr in Germany. The festival runs from around the beginning of May for three months. The organizer of the festival is the Stiftung Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and the art leader is Franz Xaver Ohnesorg. The festival was founded in 1988. For three months, starting in May, daily classical music or jazz pieces are performed at different locations by internationally known pianists as well as newcomers. The performance locations include classical music halls (such as Konzerthaus Dortmund, Musiktheater im"
"Ludwigsburg Festival The Ludwigsburg Festival (Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, also Internationale Festspiele Baden-Württemberg) is a culture festival with programs in music, dance, theatre and literature. The festival is held in Ludwigsburg annually between May and July. Founded in 1932, the festival is among the oldest festivals in German-speaking countries. Many events are held at the Ludwigsburg Palace. founded the Ludwigsburger Mozartgemeinde in 1931 and a year later began chamber music concerts at the palace. Wolfgang Gönnenwein, who was the artistic director from 1972 to 2004, developed the festival to an event of three months with around 100 events. The state Baden-Württemberg made"
"Tribschen Tribschen (also seen as ""Triebschen"") is a district of the city of Lucerne, in the Canton of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Tribschen is best known today as the home of the German composer Richard Wagner from 30 March 1866 to 22 April 1872. When Wagner was obliged to leave Munich in March 1866, he moved to a spacious villa in Tribschen on a headland projecting into Lake Lucerne. It was while he was living here that Wagner completed the score of ""Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"", composed his ""Emperor March"" and the third act of ""Siegfried"", and began ""Götterdämmerung"". It"
"Cenci"" by Berthold Goldschmidt and ""The Barber of Seville"" by Gioacchino Rossini. There is also a children's and youth program during and before the beginning of the festival. The lake stage (""Seebühne"") is the largest open-air theater in the world, with an audience capacity of around 7,000. Since 2014, the Bregenz Jazz Festival has been held every year in June at the Kornmarktplatz. It is the successor of the ""New Orleans Festival"", which took place from 1999 to 2013 several days in the early summer in the inner city of Bregenz, and which was no longer supported by the initiator"
"Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival () is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One highlight is the annual performance of the play ""Jedermann"" (""Everyman"") by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Since 1967, an annual Salzburg Easter Festival has also been held, organized by a separate organization. Music festivals had been held in Salzburg at irregular intervals since 1877 held by the International Mozarteum Foundation, but were discontinued in 1910. Although a festival was planned"
"in the building work, and in completing the ""Ring"" music, led to multiple postponements. Finally, the festival was scheduled for August 1876; ""Die Walküre"" would be performed on 14 August, the second day of the festival. Wagner was involved in every stage of the preparations; according to Ernest Newman's biography he was ""a far better conductor than any of his conductors, a far better actor than any of his actors, a far better singer than any of his singers in everything but tone"". Heinrich Porges, a contemporary chronicler, describes Wagner demonstrating to Amalie Materna, as Brünnhilde, how to sing the"
"weekend in June: Stadtfest Waderner Maad (dialected for ""market""): embedded in historical occasions around the effects of the Earl Joseph Anton von Öttinger-Soetern in village fair is the biggest folk festival in the whole Hochwald area. On numerous weekends from June till August is the Waderner Marktsommer, which features multifaceted music program at the market square of Wadern. It is free and in the open. The first weekend in August is dedicated to the festivity Sagenhaftes Spektakulum auf Burg Dagstuhl. On the Burgruine ( which means ""castle ruin"") Dagstuhl concerts. Camp life, medieval crafts and a knight-competition for children are"
"Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein Wacken is a municipality near the town of Itzehoe in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Wacken was first mentioned in 1148, but there were probably some settlements before, which is proven by the trove of Germanic artefacts. Today, Wacken is famous for annually staging the world's biggest open air metal festival, ""Wacken Open Air"", which has hosted popular metal acts such as Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Saxon, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Mötley Crüe, Slayer, Rammstein, Motörhead and Judas Priest, as well as local and perennial regulars including, Subway to Sally and Wacken's Firefighters' band. Every citizen gets free entry to the festival."
"the winners is a performance at the ""Kissinger Sommer"". Among them are Martin Helmchen, Nikolai Tokarev, Kirill Gerstein, Igor Levit, Alice Sara Ott and Kit Armstrong. Last winners are Elisabeth Brauß (2016), Emre Yavuz (2017) and Juan Pérez Floristán (2018). Kissinger Sommer The Kissinger Sommer is a classical music festival held every year in the summer in the city of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria, Southern Germany. The festival was founded in 1986. At the beginning the focus of the festival was on the improvement of the cultural relations between eastern and western Europe. Every year an east-european country was partner"
"Rudolstadt-Festival The Rudolstadt-Festival (till 2015 TFF (""Tanz- und Folkfest"") Rudolstadt) is a German folk, roots and world music festival. It takes place annually on the first full July weekend in Rudolstadt/Thuringia and lasts from Thursday evening to Sunday night. Until 2010 it was preceded by a special concert on Thursday evening at the ""Heidecksburg""-castle and started officially on Friday evening at the market place of Rudolstadt. In 2016 more than 300 concerts on 20 stages took place during the festival and 90.000 visitors had been coming. Since July 1994, Ken Hunt has contributed the English-language texts to the festival's annual"
"to complete studio recordings of all the works in the canon, starting in 1958 with ""Das Rheingold"" and finishing in 1986 with ""Lohengrin"". The components of the canon are as follows: festival, 2725 performances have been given at the Bayreuth Festival of the operas in the canon, distributed as in the following table. Bayreuth canon The Bayreuth canon consists of those operas by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883) that have been performed at the Bayreuth Festival. The festival, which is dedicated to the staging of these works, was founded by Wagner in 1876 in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth,"
"Wacken Open Air, the biggest heavy metal open air festival in the world. Since about 1970, Germany has once again had a thriving popular culture, now increasingly being led by its new-old capital Berlin, and a self-confident music and art scene. Germany is also very well known for its many renowned opera houses, such as Semperoper, Komische Oper Berlin and Munich State Theatre. Richard Wagner established the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. One of the most famous composers of the international film business is Hans Zimmer. German cinema dates back to the very early years of the medium with the work of Max"
"until several years later. Wagner abandoned his original plan to hold a second festival the following year, and travelled to London to conduct a series of concerts in an attempt to make up the deficit. Although the festival was plagued by financial problems in its early years, it survived through state intervention and the continued support of influential Wagnerians, including King Ludwig II of Bavaria. From its inception, the festival has attracted leading conductors and singers, many of whom performed without pay. Among these was Hans Richter, who conducted the premiere of the Ring Cycle in 1876. Another was the"
"at Munich. Wagner was responsible for several theatrical innovations at Bayreuth; these include darkening the auditorium during performances, and placing the orchestra in a pit out of view of the audience. The Festspielhaus finally opened on 13 August 1876 with ""Das Rheingold"", at last taking its place as the first evening of the complete ""Ring"" cycle; the 1876 Bayreuth Festival therefore saw the premiere of the complete cycle, performed as a sequence as the composer had intended. The 1876 Festival consisted of three full ""Ring"" cycles (under the baton of Hans Richter). At the end, critical reactions ranged between that"
"the Palaeontological State Collection with the Palaeontological Museum (No. 10), and the Isar Amperwerke, today E.ON. Richard-Wagner-Straße (Munich) The Richard-Wagner-Straße is a street in the Bavarian state capital Munich. It is named after the composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883), who lived in the vicinity of Brienner Straße 37 in 1864-65. The short street was built in 1897 in the course of the planned development of Maxvorstadt and forms part of the large right-angled street system of this district. It leads from Brienner Straße in the north-east direction to Gabelsbergerstraße. At about the half way point, it curves. The houses of the"
"the city, a variety of culinary specialties, and many music show performances, up to seven large and small stages, rides, a craft market with 130 exhibitors, and a grand finale: a fireworks show. Wilhelmstrassenfest The Wilhelmstraßenfest is an annual street festival in Wiesbaden, Germany, which began in 1977 in celebration for the reopening of the Hessian state theatre. With roughly 250,000 visitors attending on the two festival days, it is the largest street festival in Germany. It takes place annually during the second weekend of June, on Friday and Saturday, on the namesake Wilhelmstraße and in the adjacent parks of"
"years. The present Beethovenhalle, which followed two wooden structures of the same name, was opened in 1959 and made the festival one of the important international festivals. From 1974, the festival was held every third year, and music by Beethoven was contrasted with contemporary music. From 1998, the town organized the festival, now annually, in collaboration with the broadcaster Deutsche Welle. The festival cooperates with the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, the Bonn Opera and the Beethoven-Haus. 2015 was the first festival directed by Nike Wagner. She dropped several Beethoven symphonies from the program, including the Ninth, while placing more emphasis on"
"International Association of Wagner Societies The International Association of Wagner Societies (""Der Richard-Wagner-Verband International e.V."", also known as ""Der RWVI"") is an affiliation of Wagner societies (""Richard Wagner-Verband"") that promotes interest and research into the works of Richard Wagner, raises funds for scholarships for young music students, singers, and instrumentalists, and supports the annual Bayreuth Festival. It also sponsors symposia, holds singing competitions for Wagnerian voices, and issues awards for stage direction and stagings of Wagner's operas. The association is a nonprofit organization. The first Richard Wagner society was launched in Mannheim, Germany in 1871, one year after the premiere"