the bayreuth festspielhaus ("bayreuth festival theatre") is an opera house in the town of bayreuth, germany. the german opera composer richard wagner got the opera house built so that his own music could be performed properly. he had lots of ideas about how opera should be performed, and he thought that there was no opera house in germany that was good enough for performances of his operas. today it is still the place where every year there is a festival, the bayreuth festival, which is dedicated only to the operas of richard wagner.