The Bayreuth Festival website https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/programme gives full schedule and casts. The 2021 Festival will begin on July 25 with Der fliegende Holländer: a new production. Other productions: Die Meistersinger and Tannhäuser and a version of Die Walküre. The season will extend through August 25, including  two concerts. All members of the Gesellschaft der Freunde von Bayreuth have received an order form accompanied by a brochure (Das Manual) which contains a Q & A to aid Gesellschaft (Friends) members. 
 
WSNY members who ordered tickets through the Society in 2020 and who waived their right to a refund and wish to attend in 2021 will have first option on any tickets we are able to obtain. The Festival box office (Kartenbüro) will only send their order form to customers from the 2020 season who waived their right to a refund. The deadline for applying for tickets through the Gesellschaft is April 23. Fewer tickets will be available than in a normal year, as seats will be limited due to social distancing rules. The Internet sale will begin on June 6 if there are any tickets remaining by June 6. 
 
There will be performance restrictions, and there are many uncertainties. US travelers will not be able to enter Germany unless the current border closing is lifted by the summer.  Health officials will dictate the fate of the Festival, including how many tickets can be sold per performance.  We do not know at this time what the refund/credit procedure might be if the Festival is cancelled and/or if a ticket holder is unable to attend for travel restriction reasons, etc.  WSNY thus urges its members to consider carefully these and other issues in applying for tickets for the Bayreuth Festival.

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.