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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of east-central Germany northeast of Nuremberg. Richard Wagner lived here from 1872 to 1883 and designed the opera house used chiefly for performances of his works.

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Examples

  • The top Nazis are all assembled in Bayreuth for the 1939 Festival.

    A Night At The (Soap) Opera Laban 2005

  • Goebbels and his wife had arrived in Bayreuth on the same day as myself and, like Hitler, had moved into the Wahnfried annexe.

    A Night At The (Soap) Opera Laban 2005

  • Goebbels and his wife had arrived in Bayreuth on the same day as myself and, like Hitler, had moved into the Wahnfried annexe.

    Archive 2005-10-16 Laban 2005

  • The top Nazis are all assembled in Bayreuth for the 1939 Festival.

    Archive 2005-10-16 Laban 2005

  • The Web experience isn't expected to rival attending Bayreuth, which is a pilgrimage site for opera devotees.

    At Bayreuth, Wagner Meets the Web Bojan Pancevski 2008

  • Ms. Wagner, too young to have witnessed the Bayreuth romance with Hitler, who made his minions attend performances of "Meistersinger," did it on purpose.

    At Richard Wagner's Old Stamping Grounds Heidi Waleson 2011

  • With its richly textured, balanced quality, the Bayreuth acoustic is a singular experience.

    At Richard Wagner's Old Stamping Grounds Heidi Waleson 2011

  • Going to the opera at the Bayreuth Festival is serious business.

    At Richard Wagner's Old Stamping Grounds Heidi Waleson 2011

  • The finding by a panel of University of Bayreuth academics is a further blow to the reputation of Mr. zu Guttenberg, who was Germany's most popular politician, and was increasingly seen as a likely heir to Chancellor Angela Merkel, until the plagiarism scandal forced him to resign in March.

    German School Confirms Politician's Plagiarism Patrick McGroarty 2011

  • Probably the most important tradition concerns the special quality of the chorus and orchestra, whose members are drawn from ensembles and cities outside Bayreuth, primarily in Germany.

    At Richard Wagner's Old Stamping Grounds Heidi Waleson 2011

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