Bayreuth the finest Baroque theatres in Europe. It is both a museum and the oldest working "tableau" in Bayreuth. The Festival Hall dates to the 19th century and is now used solely for the Bayreuth Festival. Only works by Richard Wagner are put on. The Bayreuth Town House ("Stadthaus"), likewise, does not have its own ensemble. It is regularly used by the "Theater Hof" as well as the "Tourneetheater". The only two theatres with their own ensemble are the "Studiobühne Bayreuth" and amateur dramatic society, "Brandenburg Kulturstadl". The venues of the studio theatre in Bayreuth are the domicile of the theatre
Bayreuth Festival beauty of Wieland's reinterpretation of his grandfather's works. Wieland's innovative productions invited comparison to Wolfgang's, which critics unanimously found to be uninspired. If Wieland's productions were radical, Wolfgang's were regressive. Although still minimalist in approach, Wolfgang resurrected much of the naturalistic and romantic elements of pre-war productions. Thus, when Wieland died prematurely from lung cancer in 1966, many wondered if Bayreuth had a future. They began to question Bayreuth's primacy among German opera houses, and some suggested that more interesting productions were being staged elsewhere. Around this time (1955), in order to broaden its audience, the whole Bayreuth Festival company