bayreuth

Coorinates: 49°56′53″N 11°34′42″E / 49.94806, 11.57833

Trivia about bayreuth

Between 1872 & 1879, Nietzsche often visited Richard Wagner at his home in this city northeast of Nuremberg
Wagner didn't want "Parsifal" performed outside of this city that now holds Wagner festivals
In 1874 Richard Wagner & his wife moved into Haus Wahnfried, a home in this city, paid for by KIng Ludwig
German city that's home to an annual Wagnerian festival
In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct at the Wagner festival in this city
In 1961, as Venus in "Tannhauser", Grace Bumbry became the first black diva to sing at this Wagner festival