https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Conductor Oksana Lyniv on Sunday became the first woman to hold the baton in the 145-year history of Germany's renowned Bayreuth opera festival, with Chancellor Angela Merkel in the audience. https://www.thelocal.de/20210725/lyniv-to-be-first-woman-conductor-at-germanys-bayreuth-festival Sun, 25 Jul 2021 18:42:17 +0200 lyniv-to-be-first-woman-conductor-at-germanys-bayreuth-festival An edgy new opera production by Australian Jewish director Barrie Kosky tackling Wagner's anti-Semitism head-on won rapturous applause at Germany's renowned Bayreuth opera festival and rave reviews Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170726/opening-opera-at-famed-wagner-festival-holds-mirror-up-against-composers-anti-semitism Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:04:14 +0200 opening-opera-at-famed-wagner-festival-holds-mirror-up-against-composers-anti-semitism A major fire at a nightclub in Bayreuth left eight people injured with nearly 400 emergency workers called in to assist. https://www.thelocal.de/20170512/fire-at-bavarian-nightclub-leaves-8-injured Fri, 12 May 2017 11:20:35 +0200 fire-at-bavarian-nightclub-leaves-8-injured Germany's legendary Bayreuth opera festival, dedicated to the works of Richard Wagner, got off to a rapturous start on Monday with a brand new production of the composer's last opera, "Parsifal", enthusiastically received by the first-night audience. https://www.thelocal.de/20160726/wagner-festival-given-rapturous-reception-on-opening-night Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:04:11 +0200 wagner-festival-given-rapturous-reception-on-opening-night UPDATED: Police said on Friday they had found an eighth dead infant after multiple lifeless bodies were discovered on Thursday in a family home in a small south German town. https://www.thelocal.de/20151113/several-childrens-bodies-found-in-bavaria Fri, 13 Nov 2015 17:38:09 +0100 several-childrens-bodies-found-in-bavaria German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the guest list Saturday of the gala opening of the Bayreuth Festival, one of the highlights in Germany's cultural calendar. https://www.thelocal.de/20150725/merkel-tops-guest-list-at-legendary-bayreuth-festival Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:49:33 +0200 merkel-tops-guest-list-at-legendary-bayreuth-festival Frank Castorf, the controversial German theatre director who staged Richard Wagner's "Twilight of the Gods" at this year's Bayreuth Festival, poked fun at audience for booing the premiere on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20130801/51163 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:25:00 +0200 51163 Mini versions of Richard Wagner's best-known works are on offer in Bayreuth this year for those who baulk at the prospect of sitting through operas lasting five hours and more. https://www.thelocal.de/20130730/51113 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 09:28:00 +0200 51113 The Bayreuth Festival, the annual month-long summer music fest dedicated to Richard Wagner (1813-1883), is staging seven operas in the bicentenary year. https://www.thelocal.de/20130721/50969 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:41:00 +0200 50969 A new study has condemned the immigration office in Bayreuth for its treatment of international students, some of whom have been turned off the Bavarian town by their negative experiences. Kate Ferguson reports. https://www.thelocal.de/20130528/49951 Tue, 28 May 2013 08:23:00 +0200 49951 The production team of the new staging of "The Flying Dutchman" that opened this year's Bayreuth Festival was loudly booed at the opening night, while the cast received rapturous applause. https://www.thelocal.de/20120726/43979 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:15:00 +0200 43979 The Munich opera hit out on Monday at the organisers of the Bayreuth Festival over their handling of a row about a Russian singer with a Nazi tattoo who had been scheduled to perform. https://www.thelocal.de/20120724/43925 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:33:00 +0200 43925 Students are increasingly starting university without the reading and writing skills needed for a degree, a recent survey of German professors revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120723/43923 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:54:00 +0200 43923 A Russian metal drummer turned star opera singer has pulled out of this year's legendary Bayreuth Festival just three days before the opening premiere - after a scandal broke over a Nazi symbol tattooed on his chest. https://www.thelocal.de/20120722/43895 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 12:01:00 +0200 43895 Germany's Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, famous for its annual Wagner festival, is joining the list of sites classed by UN cultural body UNESCO as world heritage, the organisation said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120701/43481 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:25:00 +0200 43481 The number of people buying and selling black market tickets to the legendary Bayreuth festival is higher than ever before, a financial newspaper reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120628/43429 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:35:00 +0200 43429 German engineering giant Siemens said Wednesday it was ending its partnership with the Bayreuth Festival of which it was one of the main sponsors. https://www.thelocal.de/20110908/37457 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:01:00 +0200 37457 Germany's 100th Wagner opera festival kicked off in Bayreuth on Monday in an edition that will include a taboo-busting performance by an Israeli orchestra. https://www.thelocal.de/20110725/36527 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:42:00 +0200 36527 Chancellor Angela Merkel this week asked former Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg to explain the plagiarism of his doctoral thesis, and he has agreed. But he is also trying to block a report by his alma mater that details the extent of his alleged academic violations. https://www.thelocal.de/20110412/34341 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:43:00 +0200 34341 A report by the University of Bayreuth concludes that ex-Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg purposefully copied passages of his doctoral thesis, according to an article published on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110409/34283 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 11:32:00 +0200 34283