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Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, and grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the operas, departing from the naturalistic scenery and lighting of the originals.
Jul 6, 2015 · Wieland Wagner's second Ring production was first staged in 1965. By then his artistic development had passed from the stark simplicity of the early '50's to a dramatic symbolism which often did violence to his grandfather's instructions, initiating a fashion for changing the balance of the characters, and down-grading the gods; this has been ...
Jun 13, 2023 · The ongoing success of Wieland Wagner’s revolutionary Ring cycle (which had debuted in 1951), with its minimalist sets and abstract lighting, was making waves in terms of how opera productions looked. It was also highlighting several generations of outstanding Wagner singers who could also meet the acting demands of Wieland’s concepts ...
Review by Charles E. Muntz. Made at the Bayreuth festival in 1967 during Wieland Wagner's second Ring production, this has long been considered one of the finer Rings on record. The legendary Birgit Nilsson, who sings Brünnhilde without any noticeable strain to the very end of Götterdämmerung, spearheads the cast.
Mar 16, 2009 · Fascinating and rare rehearsal footage from Wieland Wagner´s legendary 1965 Bayreuth Festival Ring, conducted by Karl Böhm Rheingold with Theo Adam, Gustav Neidlinger, Wolfgang Windgassen etc: Walküre Act 1 with Léonie Rysanek and James King: Walküre 2 with Martti Talvela etc:
This production was conducted by Karl Böhm. Wieland Wagner. (1917 - 1966) Wieland Wagner was artistic director at the Bayreuth festival from 1951 to his untimely death from lung cancer in October of 1966. His last hours he spent discussing, as best he could, plans for a new production of Tannhäuser. Go back to Productions.
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Sep 1, 2011 · Wieland Wagner and Wolfgang Wagner (1951–1966) Wieland (1917-66) and Wolfgang Wagner (b. 1919) Winifred Wagner (1931–1944) Siegfried Wagner's widow, Winifred Wagner (1897–1980), took over as leader in 1931. She was a close friend of Adolf Hitler, and kept referring to him as Unser Seliger Adolf (our blessed Adolf) long after the war.
