Home of opera festival in coastal region -- pity about closure of theatre (8)
I believe the answer is:
bayreuth
'home of opera festival' is the definition.
'bayreuth' can be an answer for 'festival' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'home of opera' bit.
'coastal region pity about closure of theatre' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'region' could be 'e' (E region is an example) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'pity' could be 'ruth' ('ruth' can be a synonym of 'pity') and 'ruth' is present in the leftover letters.
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'by' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bayreuth that I've seen before include "Town in Bavaria associated with Wagner" , "Bavarian town associated with Wagner" , "Site of annual Wagner festival" , "Rings witnessed here" , "Wagner festival town" .)