Bayreuth

[ bahy-roit; German bahy-roit ]

/ ˈbaɪ rɔɪt; German baɪˈrɔɪt /

a city in NE Bavaria, in SE Germany: annual music festivals founded by Richard Wagner.

Example sentences from the Web for bayreuth

The University of Bayreuth has revoked his Ph.D. "We were duped by a fraudster," says Bayreuth law professor Oliver Lepsius.

The Cheating German Baron |Stefan Theil |March 2, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The "Ring of the Nibelungen" was completed during this period and received its first performance at Bayreuth in 1876.

A Popular History of the Art of Music |W. S. B. Mathews
To revert to Bayreuth, "Parsifal" was produced there in July, 1882.

The Complete Opera Book |Gustav Kobb
Now and then he even told her that she was not playing staccato enough, or that he heard it taken rather quicker at Bayreuth.

Dodo, Volumes 1 and 2 |Edward Frederic Benson

"Siegfried" and "Dusk of the Gods" were not performed until 1876, when they were produced at Bayreuth.

The Complete Opera Book |Gustav Kobb
The leit motif and other fads credited to the Bayreuth master, though not wholly his, are conspicuous by their absence.

Verdi: Man and Musician |Frederick James Crowest

Bayreuth

/ (German baiˈrɔyt) /

a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)