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	Bayreuth Festspielhaus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was designed and built under Wagner's supervision, and its construction was principally funded by (additional info and facts about King Ludwig II) King Ludwig II of (A state in southwestern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory) Bavaria.
		It was first opened for the premiere of the complete four-opera cycle of (additional info and facts about Der Ring des Nibelungen) Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelungs), one opera performed every night from 13 August to 17 August 1876.
		The Festspielhaus is the venue of the annual Richard Wagner Festival, during which Wagner's operas, such as the Ring and (additional info and facts about Parsifal) Parsifal, are given on a repertory basis.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/bayreuth_festspielhaus.htm (176 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Updated 97 days 16 hours 12 minutes ago.
		The Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Bayreuth Festival Theatre) is an opera house built to the north of the town of Bayreuth in Germany, dedicated to the performance of Richard Wagner's operas.
		An opera house is a building where operas are performed.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bayreuth-Festspielhaus (572 words)

	Claudio Abbado -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One storm made Philadelphia's Academy of Music inaccessible to many of the Philadelphia Orchestra's musicians, but with the soloists for the February 11 concert of Wagner opera excerpts housed in nearby hotels, music director Wolfgang Sawallisch decided to go...
		Bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff made his opera debut in April 2003, singing the role of Don Fernando in a production of Beethoven's Fidelio with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic at the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg, Austria.
		For any other singer, the event would have been a momentous musical watershed, but in Quasthoff's case it was also a triumph of the...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9003230 (695 words)

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