When Margravine Wilhelmine arrived in Bayreuth in 1732, she was not very impressed with the situation that greeted her – least of all by the “poor fare” placed before her. In the subsequent years, Bayreuth advanced under her guidance to become a superlative princely residence, hosting splendid feasts and correspondingly luxurious and opulent table culture.

You, too, can have the chance of dining in princely Baroque fashion; to accompany the colourful concert evening on 8 September with pleasures of the culinary sort you can reserve an exquisite brunch in the Orangery of the Hermitage.