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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 · 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 Wagner-Pasquier.
Jul 31, 2023 · Launched by Richard Wagner in 1876 and currently run by great-granddaughter Katharina Wagner, the festival broke its conductor gender barrier when Oksana Lyniv led a new staging of “Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)” in 2021.
Aug 12, 2010 · Aug. 12, 2010. BAYREUTH, Germany. IT is traditional for the director of a new opera production to appear during curtain calls on the night of the premiere. But no protocol compelled the director...
- Anthony Tommasini
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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...
Jul 31, 2007 · July 31, 2007. BAYREUTH, GERMANY — Like the knight Walther von Stolzing in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," who composes a prize song to win his beloved Eva, Katharina Wagner has created a...
