Margravial Opera House (Markgräfliches Opernhaus), Bayreuth, Germany

Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth. Photo: 4077/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 1.0)

It is one of Europe's few surviving theatres of the period and has been extensively restored.

It was built according to plans designed by the French architect Joseph Saint-Pierre (ca. 1709 – 1754), court builder of the Hohenzollern margrave Frederick of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and his wife Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia. It was inaugurated on the occasion of the marriage of their daughter Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie with Duke Charles Eugene of Württemberg.

Margrave's Opera - interior. Photo: Pierre Schoberth/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The wooden interior was designed by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1696 – 1757) and his son Carlo from Bologna in an Italian Late Baroque style. The box theatre is completely preserved in its original condition, except for the curtain which was taken by Napoleon's troops on their march to the 1812 Russian campaign.

Margrave's Opera - interior. Photo: Dbopp/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The stage's great depth of 27 metres (89 ft) attracted the composer Richard Wagner, who in 1872 chose Bayreuth as festival centre and had the Festspielhaus built north of the town.

Apr-Sep: 09:00-18:00; Oct-Mar: 10:00-16:00; may be closed due to events and rehersals. (Wikipedia)

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