Edition 2025
Finished
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Bayreuth Festival
Bayreuth — Kreisfreie Stadt Bayreuth (09462)
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25 Jul 2025
— 27 Aug 2025
Edition
2025
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — Festival
The 2025 season opened on July 25th with a new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg under the musical direction of Daniele Gatti and directed by Matthias Davids. The programme also included Parsifal, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, and The Ring of the Nibelung in the production by Valentin Schwarz, which was shown for the last time in two complete cycles in 2025.
Festival Season 2025
The 2025 Bayreuth Festival opened on July 25th with the acclaimed new production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, musical direction Daniele Gatti, direction Matthias Davids. The programme included the Wagnerian main works Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Parsifal, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Lohengrin, and Tristan und Isolde.
Highlights
Christian Thielemann, music director of the festival from 2015 to 2020, conducted Lohengrin. The Ring of the Nibelung, directed by Valentin Schwarz and musically directed by Simone Young, was performed for the last time in 2025 in two complete cycles (Cycle 1 from July 26th, Cycle 2 from August 15th), before the new production took over in 2026.
Programme
2025 Schedule
- 25 July — Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (New Production, Daniele Gatti / Matthias Davids)
- 26 July — Das Rheingold (Ring Cycle 1, Simone Young / Valentin Schwarz)
- 27 July — Die Walküre
- 28 July — Parsifal
- 29 July — Siegfried
- 31 July — Götterdämmerung
- 1 August — Lohengrin (Christian Thielemann)
- 3 August — Tristan und Isolde
- from 15 August — second Ring Cycle
Highlights
New production of Die Meistersinger under Daniele Gatti; Christian Thielemann conducting Lohengrin; final Ring cycle of the Valentin Schwarz production in two complete runs.
Prices
2025 season sold out. Tickets via the official festival website.