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The Deutsche Reichsbahn (German Reich Railway) advertises the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

The Deutsche Reichsbahn (German Reich Railway) advertises the Bayreuth Festival in a window of the MER on Leipziger Platz in Berlin.

Performance of the "Der Ring des Nibelungen" at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Stage scene from the third act of the Siegfried staging.

Performance of "Lohengrin" at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Stage scene from the second act of Lohengrin at the Bayreuth Festival.

Performance of the "Goetterdaemmerung" at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Stage scene from the second act of the Goetterdaemmerung at the Bayreuth Festival.

Hermann Levi and Felix Mottl

Hermann Levi and Felix Mottl (from left to right), two famous conductors of the Bayreuth Festival (undated picture).

Performance of the "Valkyrie" at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Stage scene from the second act of the Valkyrie staging at the Bayreuth Festival.

Performance of the "Valkyrie" at the Bayreuth Festival, 1907

Scene from the Valkyrie staging at the Bayreuth Festival.

Wilhelm Furtwängler, Heinz Tietjen, Winifred Wagner and Arturo Toscanini, 1931

Wilhelm Furtwängler (sitting), Heinz Tietjen (standing), Winifred Wagner (seated) and Arturo Toscanini (seated, from left to right) met for a talk during the Bayreuth Festival in 1931.

The Festspielhaus orchestra under the direction of Siegfried Wagner

The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra with Siegfried Wagner as conductor (undated picture).

Gala performance at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, 1872

Illustration of a performance at the Royal Opera House in Bayreuth on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony of the "Wagner Theatre" on 22 May 1872.

Rehearsals for Lohengrin at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Rehearsals for the third act of Lohengrin with Frank Voelker (left) as Lohengrin.

Adolf Hitler invites to the Bayreuth Festival, 1943

Adolf Hitler's invited guests, without exception members of the Wehrmacht as well as armament workers, arrive at the Bayreuth train station on their way to the festival.

Elisa Wiborg at the Bayreuth Festival, 1886

Elisa Wiborg at the Bayreuth Festival in 1886.

Members of the Wehrmacht in front of the Bayreuth Festival Theatre, 1943

Members of the Wehrmacht, who were invited to the Bayreuth Festival by Adolf Hitler, stand in front of the Festspielhaus.

Preparation for the Bayreuth Festival, 1933

Women sew cloths for the stage design outside the Festspielhaus.

Artists of the Bayreuth Festival, 1930

Artists of the Bayreuth Festival in the artists' pub "Eule" in Bayreuth. Beside the bust is the singer Bilinksy, who plays the role of Tannhaeuser.

Karl Muck and Hans Richter

Two well-known conductors of the Bayreuth Festival: Karl Muck (l.) and Hans Richter (r.) (Undated picture).

Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia and Siegfried Wagner at the Bayreuth Festival, 1912

The festival director Siegfried Wagner (r.) talking to Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (l.), who was one of the guests of the Bayreuth Festival in the summer of 1912.

Adolf Hitler at the Bayreuth Festival, 1940

Adolf Hitler appears at the window of the Festspielhaus and is acclaimed by the guests of the festival.

Adolf Hitler at the Bayreuth Festival, 1940

Adolf Hitler appears at the window of the Festspielhaus. In front of the window, soldiers keep the cheering guests of the festival in bay.

Hans Sachs opens the Bayreuth Festival, 1943

Hans Sachs holds the opening speech at the Bayreuth Festival in July 1943. Behind him on stage, the "Meistersinger von Nuernberg". The audience is made up exclusively of members of the Wehrmacht and armaments workers.

Artists of the Bayreuth Festival during a break, 1933

Bustle in front of the Festspielhaus: artists of the Bayreuth Festival sit on the "artists' bench" in front of the stage during the breaks.

Cheering people at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Countless people cheer the Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, who appeared at the window of the Festspielhaus at the opening of the Bayreuth Festival in 1936.

Rehearsals for the Bayreuth Festival, 1930

Rehearsals for the third act of Tannhaeuser.

Rehearsals for the Bayreuth Festival, 1931

Rehearsals for a staging of Tannhaeuser.

Rehearsals for the Bayreuth Festival, 1930

Rehearsal of the 2nd act of Tannhaeuser for the 1930 Bayreuth Festival.

Guests of Adolf Hitler receive a guided tour of Bayreuth, 1941

Local members of the Hitler Youth show armament workers the sights of Bayreuth. Here they stand in front of the Wahnfried house, the former home of Richard Wagner.

Adolf Hitler as a guest at Winifred Wagner, 1937

Adolf Hitler, who is a guest of Winifred Wagner and his sons, sitting model for portrait photos for the two boys, Wolfgang and Wieland Wagner.

Adolf Hitler at the Bayreuth Festival, 1940

Adolf Hitler - invited as an honorary guest - appears in the window of the Festspielhaus before numerous workers from the armaments industry and wounded soldiers, who are cheering Hitler.

Performance of "Tannhaeuser" at the Bayreuth Festival, 1930

Stage scene from the 1st act of Tannhaeuser: Bacchanal in Venusberg.

Adolf Hitler at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Adolf Hitler with his entourage on the way to the opening of the Bayreuth Festival. At the roadside festival-goers stand side by side and cheer Hitler.

Grail bells at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

On the conductor's instructions, three men play the Grail bells, which date back to the time of Richard Wagner.

Dr. Richard Hagemann and Carl Muck, 1931

Dr. Richard Hagemann and Karl Muck in Bayreuth (from left to right), two of the most famous conductors of the Bayreuth Festival.

The Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, 1894

Front view of the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth.

Props of the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

The scenic Prof. Emil Preetorius, the technical director Paul Eberhardt and Kurt Palm, costume designer, (from left to right) examine the finished swan for the staging of Lohengrin.

Grail bells at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Two men play the Gralsglocken (Grail Bells), an instrument from the time of Richard Wagner.

Adolf Hitler at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Adolf Hitler is cheered stormy by a crowd on the way to the Festspielhaus.

Prelude to the Bayreuth Festival, 1934

Parade of the political organization for the opening of the Bayreuth Festival. In the car are the head of the political organization, Robert Ley and Minister of State Hans Schemm (undated photo).

Dress rehearsal for the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

The costume of Kundry (played by Marta Fuchs) is closely inspected by costume director Kurt Palm (left), director Heinz Tietjen (right) and festival director Winifred Wagner.

Performance of "Walkuere" at the Bayreuth Festival, 1930

Stage scene of The Valkyrie, Act III: The Valkyries are waiting for Wotan.

King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria visits Bayreuth, 1911

King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (centre) in Bayreuth on his way to the festival.

Prince Oskar of Prussia at the Bayreuth Festival, 1908

Prince Oskar of Prussia (centre) visits the Bayreuth Festival.

Prominent visitors at the Bayreuth Festival, before 1914

King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (3) helps Princess Alexandra Victoria (2) and her husband Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1) out of the car. Next behind the king is the crown prince of Bulgaria (4) (undated picture).

Kiosk at the Bayreuth Festival, 1912

People in front of a kiosk selling postcards and other souvenirs at the Bayreuth Festival.

Rehearsing of "Das Rheingold" at the Bayreuth Festival, 1930s

Women hanging on ropes are pulled across the stage. They represent the nymphs in the water in the staging of the Rheingold (The Rhine Gold). On the left is the director Heinz Tietjen (undated picture).

Artists of the Bayreuth Festival, 1933

Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr and Fritz Wolff with their wives and other artists in the pub "Eule" in Bayreuth.

Hermann Goering with his wife at the Bayreuth Festival, 1936

Field Marshal General Hermann Goering and his wife Emmi attend the opening performance of the 1936 Bayreuth Festival.