Katharina Wagner

Katharina Wagner (born 21 may 1978 in Bayreuth) is a German opera stage-director and co-director of the Bayreuth Festival. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner and great granddaughter of Richard Wagner.

She notably staged "Der Fliegende Holländer" in Würzburg and "Lohengrin" in Budapest.

Her directorial début at the Bayreuth Festival, staging a production of Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" in July 2007, was booed. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,,2135934,00.html Ms Wagner jeered as great-grandad's opera flops at Bayreuth | World news | The Guardian ] ]

On 1 September 2008 Katharina was named together with her half-sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier as the new director of the Bayreuth Festival, succeeding their father Wolfgang. [BBC News (2008-09-01). Daughters chosen to run Bayreuth. BBC News. Retrieved on 2008-09-01 from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7592659.stm.] This followed an extended family dispute. They were chosen in favor of the pair of their cousin, Nike Wagner, and Gérard Mortier, who had placed a late bid for the directorship on 24 August. [Cite news| last = Hickley | first = Catherine | title = Wagner Sisters Katharina, Eva Named to Lead Bayreuth (Update2) | work = Bloomberg.com | accessdate = 2008-09-01 | date = 2008-09-01 | url = http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a_Nlu8t5Lw8k ] [Cite news | last = McGroarty | first = Patrick | coauthors = Ron Blum | title = Bayreuth names Wagner half-sisters as co-directors | work = International Herald Tribune | accessdate = 2008-09-01 | date = 2008-09-01 | url = http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/europe/EU-Germany-Bayreuth-Festival.php ]

ee also

*Wagner family tree

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