Richard Wagner books
Frederic Spotts: Bayreuth - a History of the Wagner Festival
Frederic Spotts: Bayreuth - a History
of the Wagner Festival
Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival on Amazon
Frederic Spotts has written a very good history of the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth. This book is a must for everyone interested in Richard Wagner and the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth.
The book covers everything: the planning, the building of the Festspielhaus, the festival leaders, the singers, the directors, all the productions.
Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival on Amazon
Read an interview with another Bayreuth historian, Penelope Turing. She is the author of the book New Bayreuth and has seen every production at Bayreuth since 1952.