Bayreuth, Germany: inside the main hall of the Margravial Opera House (Markgräfliches Opernhaus) during guided tour. The building was inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012.
I made the image above on 9 Jun 2024 with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime and the following settings: 1/30-sec, f/2.8, ISO6400, and 18.5mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-wBK.
The Margravial Opera House in Bavaria’s Bayreuth is a fine surviving example of Baroque theatre architecture. Completed in 1748, the building was initiated by Margravine Wilhelmine and her husband Margrave Friedrich III of Brandenburg-Bayreuth for their daughter’s wedding. For its unique architectural, cultural, and historical character, UNESCO inscribed the building as World Heritage Site in 2012.
Not bad at all from the outside (0.8x) …
… but inside, the auditorium is much better.
Left side tiers of loges, facing the stage.
Right side tiers of loges, facing the stage.
Front, and up (0.5x).
Back of the venue; court loge.
“Pro Frederico et Sophia – Josephus Gallus Bibiena fecit – Anno Domini MDCCXLVIII.” (Built for Friedrich & Wilhelmine-Sophie, by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena, in 1748 A.D.)
Back of the auditorium, and up to the ceiling with god Apollo surrounded by arts and muses (0.5x).
From the right side loge-seats.
On the stage proper (guided tour), facing out to the back.
Markgräfin (Margravine) Wilhelmine of Bayreuth: portrait by Antoine Pesne, in 1738-1740. Multilingual and trained in both arts and literature, Wilhelmine was daughter of Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm I, and sister to Friedrich the Great.
Wilhelmine memorial bust, on Schlossberglein, opposite the opera house.
Afternoon illumination, from Schlossberglein and above the Wittelsbacher fountain. The opera house is at centre.
The Margravial Opera House, in Bayreuth.
This visit to Bayreuth completes my 8th new German UNESCO WHS over the last 33 days. My total tally is now up to 42 (of 52).
I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 9 Jun 2024. I received neither sponsor nor support from any organization. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
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