# Parsifal premieres as a Bühnenweihfestspiel reserved to Bayreuth, a stage monopoly Date: 1882 ## The fact On 26 July 1882 Parsifal premiered as a stage-consecration festival play reserved to Bayreuth. It is one event. ## Context A monopoly can protect a carefully staged work and can extract pilgrimage prices. Split later score-access. [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. 26 July 1882 Parsifal opened with Wagner’s instruction that the consecrated stage piece remain Bayreuth’s exclusive. Copyright and family policy kept other houses out until the 1913 expiry (New York 1903 was a contested breach). Rent on a ‘sacred’ monopoly is the inequality path; the score is access elsewhere. 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 official Parsifal history and Britannica independently date the 1882 premiere and the Bayreuth-only policy. Official or archival record: Bayreuth Festival — official site (https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/en/; Bayreuther Festspiele). ## Significance A sacred-stage monopoly is a cultural-rent inequality path. 1882 is not 1913 expiry. A sacred-stage monopoly is a cultural-rent inequality path. ## What is established and what is not Established: 26 July 1882 Parsifal with Bayreuth reservation. Not established: that 1913 US law is this 1882 night. 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 - Income Inequality: https://factrail.ai/drivers/income-inequality ## 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-parsifal-monopoly