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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 27, 2017 · Wieland Wagner, credited with revitalizing the Bayreuth Festival after World War II, would have turned 100 this year. He was the grandson of composer Richard Wagner and like a stepson to...
Jul 27, 2017 · Wieland Wagner, born 100 years ago as the grandson of composer Richard Wagner, received special attention from Hitler and brought unconventionial ideas to Bayreuth.
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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.
Wieland Wagner as stage director at the Bayreuth Festival. "Wieland's production of Parsifal offended the sensibilities of the traditional Wagnerians, to a degree scarcely imaginable today.
The new Lohengrin marked the first and only staging at the Met by Wieland Wagner, the composer’s grandson and the director who had transformed production style at the Bayreuth Festival in the 1950s.
Aug 12, 2015 · After World War II, Wieland Wagner (Nike’s father) and his younger brother Wolfgang (Eva’s and Katharina’s father), took control of the festival from their mother, Winifred.
