Name: "My Husband, That Is Me Here" – Premiere in Bayreuth
Start: 2026-07-23T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-23T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Richard Wagner Museum, Sonderausstellungsfläche im Neubau

A Bayreuth Premiere Between Festival Myth and Female Perspective

With the performance "My Husband, That Is Me Here," the Studio Stage Bayreuth opens a pointed chapter of the anniversary program "50/150 – Utopia and Echo" at the Richard Wagner Museum. The production by Dorothea Kirschbaum places women in the festival management at the center and combines theater atmosphere, historical reflection, and contemporary stage art into a concentrated stage experience. ([wagnermuseum.de](https://www.wagnermuseum.de/informationen/aktuelles/50-150-utopie-und-echo-positionen-projektionen-reflexionen-resonanzen-2/))

A Material That Carries Contradiction and Shine Simultaneously

The evening starts where cultural history rarely becomes comfortable: with the Wagner women and widows, who were exalted, attacked, or overlooked yet significantly shaped the functioning of the festival machine. The museum itself describes the performance as a look at strong female personalities who assert themselves in the festival's history. Thus, it creates no monument tone, but a lively approach to dramaturgy, power relations, and memory culture. ([wagnermuseum.de](https://www.wagnermuseum.de/informationen/aktuelles/50-150-utopie-und-echo-positionen-projektionen-reflexionen-resonanzen-2/))

The Space as a Co-Player

The special exhibition area in the new building of the Richard Wagner Museum provides a place with particular tension for this performance: barrier-free, museum-charged, and suitable for small, concentrated formats. The event space is described in the city overview with around 200 seats; at the same time, the museum page points to the address Richard-Wagner-Straße 48 in the heart of Bayreuth. Thus, the performance venue itself becomes a resonance space between exhibition, history, and present. ([bayreuth.de](https://www.bayreuth.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Veranstaltungsorte-Bayreuth_2026.pdf))

Staging with Attitude

Concept, texts, and direction are by Dorothea Kirschbaum. This promises no illustrative retelling but a focused staging in which acting art, rhythmic language, and scenic condensation set the tone. Particularly in the context of the festival anniversary, this form gains special strength: It complements the great Wagner myths with a perspective that makes the invisible work behind the scenes visible. ([wagnermuseum.de](https://www.wagnermuseum.de/informationen/aktuelles/50-150-utopie-und-echo-positionen-projektionen-reflexionen-resonanzen-2/))

Who Will Benefit from the Evening

Those who love theater that not only plays but questions will find an evening with cultural depth here. The production connects local theater tradition, museum context, and current perspectives on female agency in cultural history. The result promises a dense, smart, and atmospherically charged theater evening that expands Bayreuth's festival narrative with a new voice. ([wagnermuseum.de](https://www.wagnermuseum.de/informationen/aktuelles/50-150-utopie-und-echo-positionen-projektionen-reflexionen-resonanzen-2/))

Conclusion: "My Husband, That Is Me Here" is likely to be a concentrated, smart, and sensually conceived stage experience. Those who want to relive Bayreuth's festival history should see this premiere live. ([wagnermuseum.de](https://www.wagnermuseum.de/informationen/aktuelles/50-150-utopie-und-echo-positionen-projektionen-reflexionen-resonanzen-2/))