Letter from footman Adalbert Welker to Court secretary Ludwig von Bï¿½rkel 5 April 1879 ( Petzet 1970 , p. 138 ) After plans for a monumental festival theatre for Wagner 's opera in Munich were thwarted by Court opposition , he supported the construction in 1872-76 of the Festspielhaus in the town of Bayreuth , and attended the dress rehearsal and third public performance of the complete Ring Cycle in 1876 .
The Festspielhaus in the town of Bayreuth was also known as Bayreuth Opera Festival Theatre .