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.

Online immediate procurement for the 2020 Festival has been suspended, see announcement at: https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/festspiele/news/2020/postponement-immediate-online-purchase-2020/

The Bayreuth Festival Administration very recently announced changes in handling ticket requests that will help Wagner societies to assist their members in ticketing for the 2020 Festival (see the full schedule below). A brief history:

1. In September 2019, they announced that all ticket orders would go only through the Festival box office. Some members notified us that they have received invoices for either part or all of what they requested (and some have arrived in the spam folder).
2. In late November, the Administration announced that they have returned to their system of past years of allocating a certain number of tickets to societies that are members of the Richard-Wagner-Verband International (RWVI), based on the society’s membership.
3. Our Bayreuth Committee can now accept requests from members.
4. Click here to view and download our 2020 policies.

We appreciate that some members have let us know, as we had suggested in September, that you have ordered tickets and also if you have recently received an invoice and are accepting what you were ticketed for.

The 2020 Bayreuth Festival Schedule is below. Click here to visit the Festival website and view recently announced cast members for each performance (subject to change):

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.