“May I clap after the first act of Parsifal?” This question is not covered at this point, since there is no clear answer to it. This is more a matter of specific tips which are aimed at facilitating the visit to the festival, especially for “beginners”.
On the one hand, no, because with the introduction of online instant purchase (starting on December 1, 2024 2 p.m.) all interested parties have the same chance of getting festival tickets, regardless of waiting times, https://ticketshop.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en.html. On the other hand, yes, because the number of ticket requests from all over the world exceeds the available contingents every year.
– New (first-time online order):
Please register at https://ticketshop.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en.html
Note: You can only register once with your postal address and e-mail address. If you have forgotten your password, click on “Forgot your password?”.
Please do not register again!
– Already registered customers:
Please log in at https://ticketshop.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en.html and check your data if necessary. Are your postal address and e-mail address correct? If you have forgotten your password, click on “Forgot your password?
Please do not register again!
Now fill out the order form on the Internet.
A maximum of six tickets can be ordered per performance, and a maximum of 18 tickets per purchaser. For price categories G1 – G4, E3 – E6 and C6 and C7, a maximum of two tickets. The processing of ticket orders will begin in September 2024. Please submit orders by October 11, 2024.
You can find all information about the online instant purchase, which will take place from December 1, 2024 here:
https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/tickets-service/buy-tickets/about-immediate-purchase/
In addition, a box office will also be open on the day of each performance during the festival season (10 am to 12 pm and 2 hours before the performance begins).
Please note that purchasing tickets for Purposes of industrial or commercial reexpression is prohibited and independent of such activity for the transfer or resale of admission tickets Assignmeents prohibitions apply. Accordingly, it is in particular not permitted resell admission tickets at a higher price than the original ticket price or to offer tickets for sale at internet auctions. The Bayreuth Festival reserves the right to refuse to sell tickets to any person who violate these prohibitions. This applies to tickets
that have already been purchased by blocking them without replacement as well as for future purchases in subsequent Festival seasons.
In this respect, the General Terms and Conditions apply (cf. Section 10 of the General Terms and Conditions Ordering Procedure and Section 9 of the General Terms and Conditions Online Instant Purchase). Please refer to the details there.
There are no rules, but the festive character of the events determines guests’ outfits. By the way, the weather also determines the evening attire. Please note that temperatures in the Festival Hall rise when going up from the stalls to the gallery.
ARRIVING BY CAR
Bayreuth is easy to reach by car and is located directly on the A9 Munich-Nuremberg-Bayreuth-Berlin highway. Coming from the north, leave the highway at the Bayreuth-Nord junction and then follow the signs to the city center or the Festspielhaus. Coming from the south, take the Bayreuth-Süd junction and follow the signs directly towards the Festspielhaus. Above the Festspielhaus you will find large public parking lots, which are subject to a charge (currently a flat rate of 10 euros) during the dress rehearsal and festival period. The A 70 north of Bayreuth links Bayreuth to the west with the A7 (near Schweinfurt) and the A3 near Würzburg.
Please note: Especially on the A9 towards Hof/Dresden/Berlin, construction work north of Bayreuth can cause delays on the journey, so please take possible traffic jams into account when planning your journey.
ARRIVING BY BUS OR TRAIN
The city of Bayreuth is integrated on the railway line from Nuremberg to Dresden with the Franken-Saxonia-Express every two hours. The festival city is also connected to the ICE junction Nuremberg by regional trains every half hour. You can find further information on how to get there by train at www.bahn.de.
You can also visit Bayreuth with long-distance bus lines of various providers. The long-distance bus stops are located on the main station forecourt and in Goethestraße. All connections and information can be found at www.busliniensuche.de.
Information on bus services within the city centre can be found on the website of the local transport association.
Of course, have discussions about Wagner! A walk through the park on the festival hill is just as recommended as a visit to the gastronomic facilities.
…please contact the admission staff at the Festspielhaus. During the performances, the so-called “Hügelwache”, a BRK station, is also in operation not far from the house. The BRK can also be contacted in advance if you have limited mobility and require assistance to get to your seats. If you are looking for a doctor in Bayreuth outside of the performances, the staff at your hotel will be happy to help you.
Depends on whether you are attending The flying duchman or Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. In the first case, there should be no problems, with “real” Wagner length, unfortunately, by the time you return from the festival hill to the city center, some kitchens have already closed. Fortunately, some restaurants and hotels in the city of Bayreuth have also adapted to the late wishes of visitors. Advance reservations are helpful.
If you can’t get enough of Wagner: The festival itself offers a comprehensive supporting programme (see Discourse Bayreuth, Caesuras, Introductory Talks), and a visit to the Richard Wagner Museum (Haus Wahnfried) is also a must. Since April 2018 the Margravial Opera House (World Heritage Site) has been reopened after years of renovation – a unique jewel of Baroque theatre architecture. In and around Bayreuth, a large number of museums await their visitors.
Further information:
Tourist-Information Bayreuth
Opernstraße 22, 95444 Bayreuth
Tel.: 0921 88588
Fax: 0921 885755
info@bayreuth-tourismus.de
In 2024, wahnfood GmbH from Bayreuth will once again be providing catering services for the Bayreuth Festival – before the performances, during the breaks and after the performances. As in the previous year, various culinary areas will be offered throughout the festival grounds, where you can enjoy a self-service concept. From the Green Hill Kitchen Food Court with various cooking stations, to the Festival Garden, a classic Franconian specialty festival beer garden, to the new Sea Food Bar and several other new food areas. The wahnfood festival restaurant offers an all-inclusive solution for all those who would like to reserve a fixed table in advance.
There is a checkroom in the building where jackets, umbrellas and bags can be left. You can take your handbag (up to 29x21x21 cm with a maximum volume of 10 liters) with you, as long as you can place it on your lap. For safety reasons, it is not permitted to stow your bag under the seat. However, you can of course leave your bag at the checkroom or stow it in the lockers. There is also a limited number of lockers outside the building. These can be found on the west side of the building and in the park below the stairs.
You can take your handbag (up to 29x21x21 cm with a maximum volume of 10 liters) with you, as long as you can place it on your lap. For safety reasons, it is not permitted to stow your bag under the seat. However, you can of course leave your bag at the checkroom or stow it in the lockers.
You can purchase program booklets from 1.5 hours before the start of the performance. There are 3 sales trolleys available for this purpose (east, west and in front of the Königsportal). There is also a kiosk on the west side of the building. There is a program box in the house itself. The kiosk and the program box are open both before the start of the performance and during the intervals. After the end of the performance, program booklets can be purchased at the program box. You can also purchase our program booklets digitally, https://programmhefte.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/
Unfortunately, you are not allowed to bring your own seat cushions into the building. However, you can of course borrow seat cushions from our checkroom. Orthopaedic seat cushions can be brought in on presentation of a medical certificate.
You can take your handbag (up to 29x21x21 cm with a maximum volume of 10 liters) with you, as long as you can place it on your lap. For safety reasons, it is not permitted to stow your bag under the seat. However, you can of course leave your bag at the checkroom or stow it in the lockers.
“AR” is the abbreviation for “Augmented Reality” and means “extended reality”. AR belongs to the immersive technologies and thus enables immersion in new, virtual worlds. With augmented reality, the environment is overlaid with digital images and the real stage space is expanded. You follow the production on stage, while at the same time the entire space in front of and next to the stage is digitally extended and played upon.
AR glasses can be adjusted in the foyer on Parsifal performance days from 11am to 2pm. For members of the Society of Friends of Bayreuth, adjustments can be made on performance days from 10 am to 2 pm at their office. The adjustment takes about 5 minutes, please have your AR ticket ready. During the fitting, nosepieces and, if necessary, corrective lenses are inserted and checked.
We recommend that you arrive on time, as the fitting must be completed by 2 pm.
There will be a separate pre-admission for guests wearing AR glasses from 3:15pm to 3:30pm via the stair towers on the left and right, after which the doors will remain closed until the entire audience is admitted to the hall at 3:45pm. There will be a multilingual AR introduction for you in the auditorium from 3:30 to 3:45. During this introduction, you will be able to familiarize yourself with the AR glasses at your seat, receive brief instructions, and our service staff will be available to answer any questions. If necessary, you can leave the room again briefly after the AR introduction.
The transparent projection surface is built into the AR glasses, so the digital image is projected very close to your eye while you can simultaneously follow the real stage action in the distance. The AR glasses can therefore not be worn together with existing personal glasses, but the use of contact lenses is recommended. Without correction, the use of AR glasses is unfortunately not possible in cases of severe nearsightedness with values above -8 dpt, as well as in cases of severe farsightedness, severe astigmatism and high angle refractive error or strabismus. Nearsightedness in the range of -1.0 dpt to -8.0 dpt (in steps of 0.5 dpt) can be compensated by corrective lenses inserted by us into the AR glasses.
Your AR glasses are provided pre-configured and disinfected at your seat. You do not need to pick them up or carry them with you and do not need to make any settings on the AR glasses. Your AR glasses are located to the left (facing the stage) of your seat between the rows of seats in a black bag. Please handle your AR glasses with care and avoid touching the transparent lenses on the front and inside, as the AR glasses are very sensitive. The inserted correction lenses are only magnetically fixed and can fall out if bumped harder. We recommend to adjust the nosepiece well to increase the wearing comfort, for this purpose the rubberized wings can be bent slightly outward and inward. Please do not pass the AR glasses to your seat neighbors or to people in the row in front of you. It is possible to stand up with AR glasses, for example, to let other guests get to their seat. If necessary, you can also take off your AR glasses during the performance or put them back in the bag provided. However, you cannot turn off the AR glasses. The glasses will be calibrated at the beginning of each elevator. For this purpose, please put on the AR glasses shortly before the start of each elevator, at the latest when the hall lights dim; there will be no further instructions for this. To calibrate the AR glasses, please look at the stage in a straight line for about 1 minute after opening the main curtain. If you take your AR glasses off for a longer period of time, they may need to be recalibrated. This can also take place during the performance, please look towards the stage for a few minutes for this. The AR glasses are disinfected using UV-C radiation and ultrasonic cleaning before each performance. The images in the AR glasses are not always just directly in front of you. The AR Parsifal is an immersive experience, so elements can also be next to you, below you, and above you and not visible at first. If you have taken off your AR glasses, a new calibration is required and the elements in the AR glasses may be slightly shifted. If your AR glasses do not consistently show images during the performance, this is not a technical defect. Dramaturgically, there will be moments when no images are visible or they start behind you.
Yes, however, we cannot then guarantee an optimal AR experience, as we then equip the AR glasses with a standard configuration. Thus, you can still see the “AR Parsifal”, but the field of view might be slightly restricted because the AR glasses sit too high or too low on your nose. Even after the 1st elevator, there is still the possibility to make necessary adjustments.
Since we customize a large number of AR glasses we would ask you to perceive the personalization in advance to ensure an optimal AR experience.
Due to the built-in technology, the AR glasses have a slightly higher weight than conventional glasses, so there may be a slight pressure on the nose. If you experience dizziness or discomfort, we recommend that you take off the AR glasses for a moment.