Bayreuth Festival

annual music festival of Wagner operas

opera house and cultural heritage monument in Bayreuth, Bavaria

Operas by Wagner performed at the Bayreuth Festival

The Jahrhundertring (Centenary Ring) was a production of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, first performed at the Bayreuth Festival in 1976. The production was a centennial celebration of both the festival and the first performance of the complete cycle (which took place at the inaugural festival). The production was created by a French team consisting of conductor Pierre Boulez, stage director Patrice Chéreau, stage designer Richard Peduzzi, costume designer Jacques Schmidt, and lighting designer André Diot.