04 Jul 2012

Margrave Opera House Receives UNESCO World Heritage Status

http://www.operatoday.com/content/2012/07/honors_for_bayr.php

By Frank Cadenhead [Opera Today, 4 July 2012]

Bayreuth’s opera house has been awarded the honor of UNESCO World Heritage status. If you think that means Wagner’s festival house in the same city, with its excellent acoustics and uncomfortable seats, you will be mistaken.