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Katharina Wagner (born 21 May 1978 in Bayreuth) is a German opera stage director and is the director of the Bayreuth Festival. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner and Gudrun Wagner (née Armann), great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner , and great-great granddaughter of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt .
Katharina Wagner is the great granddaughter of Richard Wagner and the general manager of the Bayreuth Festival since 2008. She has directed controversial productions of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Lohengrin and Rienzi, and has been featured in a documentary film.
May 14, 2024 · Updated 2:57 AM PDT, May 14, 2024. BERLIN (AP) — The Bayreuth Festival in Germany announced on Tuesday that it is retaining Katharina Wagner as its director for another five years. Wagner, who turns 46 on May 21 and is a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, became co-head of the festival in September 2008, along with her half-sister Eva ...
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May 14, 2024 · Wagner, who turns 46 on May 21 and is a great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, became co-head of the festival in September 2008, along with her half-sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier. Katharina then took ...
Aug 12, 2010 · Katharina Wagner reiterated that she and her sister would fulfill their pledge to explore the ties of her family to Hitler and the Nazis in the years before and during World War II. The findings ...
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Aug 23, 2010 · Katharina Wagner raises her eyebrows as she smacks her lips around an ice-cream, and looks on in satisfaction at the sea of 20,000 people who have gathered on Bayreuth's carnival ground to watch a ...
Feb 15, 2023 · At Bayreuth, Katharina Wagner herself carries the title of “Geschäftsführer,” or managing director. But for the term to stand alone, especially as a military or political title, is basically ...
