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The Margravial Opera House Bayreuth - an outstanding place of the european musical culture

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

Germany (Europe and North America)

Date of Submission: 20/09/1999
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Hofgraben 4, D-80539 München
State, Province or Region:
Bavaria, Bayreuth
Coordinates:
N49 56 53 E11 34 42
Ref.: 1362

Description

The Margrave Opera House in Bayreuth (built 1745 - 1748) is one of the most outstanding monuments of European theatre architecture in baroque times, preserved virtually unchanged in its original appearance. The interior design with its splendid auditorium is the heyday of artistic creativity of the theatre architects Giuseppe and Calo Galli-Bibiena. Further places representing the intellectual and spiritual world of Margravine Wilhelmine in significant manner are the Neues Schloss (New Palace) or Residence, which was projected in cooperation by Wilhelmine, and the Eremitage, an intimate garden area outsite of Bayreuth with two houses where the ruler's family spent the summertime. The interior design of the older palace documents Wilhelmine's encodet thinking. The fourth place of interest is the Rock Garden Sanspareil between Bayreuth and Bamberg. The bizarre rock formations are reminiscents of chinese gardens. The most particular building in the garden is the Roman Theatre, the first ruined garden architecture in Europe.

Justification for Outstanding Universal Value

Satements of authenticity and/or integrity

All the monuments have come down authentically; there has hardly been any loss during WW II or due to post war moderations (less than 10 % of the original substance are concerned); thus one can experience the world of Wilhelmine in an almost unaltered setting.