Bayreuth Baroque Festival

• Experience early opera in the mesmerising surroundings of the Margravial Opera House, inscribed by UNESCO as one of the finest theatres of its kind in Europe

• Take in a specially selected line up of concerts courtesy of celebrated soloists and ensembles

• Explore the cultural treasures of Bayreuth, including its connections with Wagner and Liszt

Tour Director

Sandy Burnett, MA, studied at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge and then worked as a leading theatre music director before spending a decade as one of the core team of presenters on BBC Radio 3. A first-call jazz double bass player, Sandy is an experienced tour leader and an accredited Arts Society lecturer who runs an online classical music appreciation Listening Club and is the author of the Idler Guide to Classical Music. Sandy has also directed a complete performing cycle of Bach’s sacred cantatas, the other major sacred works and the Brandenburg Concertos, and has conducted the Southbank Sinfonia and student orchestras at the RAM and Guildhall School of Music in immersive educational projects. 

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