To mark the 150th anniversary of the Bayreuth Festival, DW’s Lukas Stege explores the city where composer Richard Wagner lived and created his greatest works.
Wagner revolutionized opera and influenced generations of artists, but there is also a darker side to his legacy including the admiration Adolf Hitler had for him.
Join us on a journey through music, history, and one of Europe’s most fascinating cultural destinations!
00:00 Intro
02:35 Bayreuther Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre)
06:11 “Silenced Voices” open-air exhibition
06:46 The “Walk of Wagner” through Bayreuth
06:59 Old Town Hall
07:12 Margravial Opera House
08:01 Goldener Anker hotel
08:29 Villa Wahnfried and Wagner Museum Bayreuth
10:04 Haus Siegfried – wha Hitler loved Wagner’s music
13:00 Richard and Cosima Wagner’s grave
13:19 “Eule” restaurant
CREDITS:
Report: Kerstin Schmidt, Lukas Stege
Camera: Holm Weber
Editing: Klaus Hellmig
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14 Comments
❤ Outstanding reporting!
Sehr schön!
❤Clicked so fast! Thanks for DW's Mr. Lukas Stege and team's substantially balanced feature focusing on the artistry and theatricality of Richard Wagner's significant contribution to opera that remains relevant even at present.😍
Almost everything can be used to create good or evil. Humans have achoice.
Thank you for this insightful and balanced feature on Richard Wagner’s complex legacy, @DWTravel. It is truly fascinating how you navigate the artistry of his contributions to opera while also addressing the darker historical connections to Adolf Hitler with such nuance and professional care. Your storytelling makes cultural history incredibly accessible and thought-provoking for all viewers. 🎭
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Greetings from New York, and thanks for the nice feature on Bayreuth! We will be attending the festival in August, our fourth visit. When we got tickets for our first festival (in 2016), after many years of applying, we were thrilled. The vibe and the acoustics at Bayreuth are unparalleled for Wagner fans.
Was in this beautiful town
Historical video. excellent. ❤
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My wife and I were there in December 2025 during the Christmas market season. It looks a little more crowded in the summer. Toured the Margravial, Villa Wahnfried, and the Neues Schloss. We were there for 2 days and had a wonderful time. You pointed out some things we missed.
We go every year. Wagner is my drug of choice.
A grotesque monster of a man who wrote some of the most pompous, shi*tiest pieces. I saw ‘The Ring’ at La Scala in Milan earlier this year and was proud to join so many patrons who walked out at the second intermission from that bloated bulls*t of a work. Wagner is the reason so many people hate opera or won’t give it a chance and his antisemitism is something Germany should ashamed of.
Beirut? 😢
I was in Bayreuth a couple years ago in Aug, it was a hot summer but I am amazed it did not feel particularly hot in the theatre. I enjoyed the experience very much! If you are opera lover, definitely at least once in a life time.