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    Winifred Wagner

    British-German opera manager

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  1. 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.

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  2. Winifred Wagner (born June 23, 1897, Hastings, Sussex, England—died March 5, 1980, Überlingen, West Germany [now in Germany]) 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 ...

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  3. Mar 11, 2007 · Her enthralling and repellent story is now told by the Viennese historian Brigitte Hamann in this remarkable biography, “Winifred Wagner.”

  4. In its original five-hour version, “The Confessions of Winifred Wagner” was one of last year's most controversial films in Germany. It's a documentary that fascinates and horrifies us; a film that focuses almost exclusively on the face of this formidable 78-year-old woman, and listens to her talk.

  5. Winifred: Wagner, The Nazis And The Woman Who Knew Hitler. Theater LaB Houston presents a new play about Winifred Wagner, a complex historical figure. St.John Flynn.

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  7. 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. 125th birthday on June 23, 2022.

  8. Jan 1, 2006 · Winifred Wagner: A Life at the Heart of Hitler's Bayreuth. Hardcover – January 1, 2006. Winifred Wagner was a British-born orphan who became Richard Wagner s daughter-in-law, head of the Bayreuth festival, and one of Adolf Hitler s closest personal friends.

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