Virtual Bayreuth Festival! And a live concert on July 25, the traditional opening day (C. Thielemann, C. Nylund, K.F. Vogt) to benefit an emergency aid fund for artists of the Bayreuth Festival. More information: bayreuther-festspiele.de, and https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/bayreuther-festspiele/bayreuther-festspiele-themenseite-100.html. Other live Bayreuth concerts have been announced. Check this web page for updates.

NEW! Bayreuth Festival Time -- Now Also on DG Premium -- 
An Embarrassment of (Virtual) Riches

In addition to the programs from earlier Bayreuth Festivals on BR Klassik and 3-sat, the Festival has also teamed up with Deutsche Gramophon to present the Castorf and Chéreau Rings, along with Kosky's Meistersinger, Kratzer's Tannhäuser, Sharon's Lohengrin and Laufenberg's Parsifal.  This is a new platform called DG Premium.  Each opera costs Euros 4.90 and you can buy them in advance any time up to the performance.
 
Here is the information from the Festival website 
https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/festspiele/news/2020/bayreuth-festival-2020-programme-goes-online-in-partnership-with-deutsche-grammophon/
 
Here is a link to the DG site https://www.dg-premium.com/dg-stage/
 
You will need to register first (which is free) and then buy the tickets for each show. The site is easy to navigate and the purchase is straightforward. You have to go through the full purchase process for each opera. Each opera starts at 20.00 CET and is then available to stream for 48 hours thereafter.
 
The quality looks very good - both of the website and the streaming service. You will also find most of Beethoven's symphonies there, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Another treat is a Tosca with Netrebko.
 
We note that this program clashes with many of the items on 3-sat and BRKlassik, so you will have some hard choices to make - but very pleasurable to have such a wealth of Bayreuth productions available. 
 
Our thanks to Andrea Buchanan and Ako Imamura for this information. Stay tuned to the WSNY website, WSNY e-blasts, and social media for further details.

It was annouced today that the 2020 Bayreuth Festival was suspended. According to the Festival website, "In principal... tickets already purchased for 2020 will remain valid for the 2021 season." Ticket holders will be contacted by the Festival 2020 box office regarding their specific purchase(s).

Click here to view the announcement.

As a benefit of its membership in Richard-Wagner-Verband International e.V., Wagner Society of New York is able to offer members exclusive opprtunities to apply for Bayreuth Festival tickets, which are reserved for current Members in at least the Regular or Dual Member categories, and are subject to availability. If you haven't renewed, click here to renew online, to keep au courant.