Ticket Sales At Bayreuth Rebound, Special 150th Anniversary Ring Cycle Announced

After a worrisome dip in attendance in 2023 (to 97%), ticket sales to the summer Wagner mecca were up to a total of 58,000 this year. The festival’s 2026 sesquicentennial will feature a special performance of the Ring tetralogy, the first Bayreuth production of Rienzi, and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. – AP