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Winifred Marjorie Wagner (née Williams; 23 June 1897 – 5 March 1980) was the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of Richard Wagner, and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until the end of World War II in 1945.
Mar 11, 2007 · Her enthralling and repellent story is now told by the Viennese historian Brigitte Hamann in this remarkable biography, “Winifred Wagner.” As a lurid family saga, “The Wagners of Bayreuth”...
May 7, 2024 · Winifred Wagner was a British-born German cultural figure who directed the Bayreuth Festival of Richard Wagner’s operatic works from 1930 to 1944 and gained notoriety for her friendship with Adolf Hitler. As a child, Winifred was adopted by the then-elderly musician Charles Klindworth and his wife.
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Theater LaB Houston presents a new play by Alva Hascall that explores the life and legacy of Winifred Wagner, the wife of Richard Wagner's son and a friend of Adolf Hitler. The play challenges the audience to question themes of innocence, guilt, feminism and artistic purity in a complex historical figure.
A documentary film about the late wife of Richard Wagner's son and Hitler's friend. Winifred Wagner defends her admiration for Hitler and denies his responsibility for the atrocities of Nazism.
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Winifred Wagner. everywhere in titles only. Biographies Winifred Wagner. (Winifred Marjorie Wagner, geb. Williams) born on June 23, 1897 in Hastings, England. died March 5, 1980 in Überlingen, Germany. English-German festival director; daughter-in-law of Richard and Cosima Wagner; director of the Bayreuth Festival 1930-1944.
British-born Nazi supporter and close friend of Adolf Hitler who was a key figure in the Bayreuth Festival in the 1930s and 1940s . Born Winifred Williams in England in 1897; died in 1980; married SiegfriedWagner (the son of composer Richard Wagner ); children: Wolfgang Wagner (director of Bayreuth Festival ); Friedelind Wagner (1918–1991).
