# The Festspielhaus opens in 1876 as a purpose-built public music-drama house

Date: 1876

## The fact

In August 1876 the Bayreuth Festspielhaus opened as a purpose-built house for the Ring. This Fact stores the public architectural-access instrument, not the Master-cult sibling.

It is one event.

## Context

A dark amphitheatre can teach concentrated hearing and can ritualise a family. Split 1876 cult.

[Richard Wagner](/people/richard-wagner)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

Same August 1876 as the cult row. Architecture and cult share a spine. Hidden orchestra, amphitheatre sightlines: a teaching machine as well as a temple. Patrons and town shared building.
Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row.

## Evidence and sources

Bayreuth Festival official house history and Britannica independently date the 1876 opening.

Official or archival record: Bayreuth Festival — official site (https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/; Bayreuther Festspiele).

## Significance

A purpose-built festival house increased a new form of public staged-music access.

Keep the cult sibling.

A purpose-built festival house increased a new form of public staged-music access.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1876 Festspielhaus opening. Not established: that every seat was cheap.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Richard Wagner.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes.

They are not a public rating.

## People

- Richard Wagner: https://factrail.ai/people/richard-wagner

## Drivers

- Digital Learning Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/edu-digital-learning-access

## Sources

- https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Wagner-German-composer

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/wag-festspielhaus