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Wolfgang Wagner

German stage director · Germany · Directors · Lived 1919 to 2010 · aged 90

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Wolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966.

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2010Died21 March 20102009Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1994FrankenwürfelAward1993Friedrich-Baur-PreisAward1984Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtAward1919Born30 August 1919

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Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2009
Frankenwürfel1994
Friedrich-Baur-Preis1993
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art1984
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Bavarian Order of Merit
Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold
Doctor honoris causa at University of Bayreuth

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Wolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966. From then on, he assumed total control until he retired in 2008, although many of the productions which he commissioned were severely criticized in their day. He had been plagued by family conflicts and criticism for many years. He was the son of Siegfried Wagner and he was the great-grandson of Franz Liszt.

Country
Germany
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2010 · aged 90

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