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Wolfgang Wagner
Wolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966. From then on, he assumed total control until he retired in 2008, although many of the productions which he commissioned were severely criticized in their day. He had been pla…
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Born 30 August 1919 · Died 21 March 2010 · Q60452
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s early works before the Flying Dutchman, none of which is ever performed at Bayreuth, should all be performed in the festival. So, he says, should the works of composers who had a major influence on Wagner, such as Weber and Marschner, and perhaps even Mozart. The Bayreuth festival should be a much more open event, encouraging other art forms, and should constantly re-examine all aspects of Wagner
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“s early works before the Flying Dutchman, none of which is ever performed at Bayreuth, should all be performed in the festival. So, he says, should the works of composers who had a major influence on Wagner, such as Weber and Marschner, and perhaps even Mozart. The Bayreuth festival should be a much more open event, encouraging other art forms, and should constantly re-examine all aspects of Wagner”
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2010· 1 entry
Died 2010-03-21.
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2009).
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2008· 1 entry
Although many of the productions which he commissioned were severely criticized in their day
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2005).
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Frankenwürfel (1994).
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Invited Werner Herzog (who had staged Lohengrin at Bayreuth in 1987) to make a documentary about the festival, which was released under the title Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik (The Transformation of the World into
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Friedrich-Baur-Preis (1993).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1984).
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1975· 1 entry
Only learned of his father's death from media coverage
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1966· 1 entry
Wolfgang became the sole director of the festival and, under his directorship, the famous Bayreuth Festspielhaus underwent extensive renovations
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1951· 1 entry
On the resurrection of the Bayreuth Festival following Germany's defeat in the Second World War
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1933· 1 entry
Showered favours on the Wagner family
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1923· 1 entry
When he was four years old, and the Wagner children were encouraged to call him "Uncle Adolf" or "Uncle Wolf" (his nickname)
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1919· 1 entry
Born 1919-08-30.
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