Washington Post (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Two half sisters, daughters of the same father by different mothers, who have hardly ever met, are joined in an unexpected twist of fate: It's a familiar plot line at the Wagner opera festival at Bayreuth, Germany. On stage, it applies to Wotan's daughters Sieglinde, the mother of Siegfried, and...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
TWO great-granddaughters of the composer Richard Wagner will take control of Germany's Wagner opera festival after an epic family power struggle.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
"The Bayreuth Festival board named Katharina Wagner and her half-sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier as new co-directors of the Bayreuth festival Monday. The decision will silence an extended quarrel over who should replace their aging father, Wolfgang Wagner, as head of the world-famous opera festival."...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Two great-granddaughters of composer Richard Wagner will take control of Germany's Wagner opera festival after winning an epic family power struggle.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Two great-granddaughters of composer Richard Wagner will take control of Germany's Wagner opera festival after winning an epic family power struggle.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Bayreuth, Germany - Germany's Wagner opera festival confirmed Monday receiving an unsuccessful, last-minute application to run the event from a person claiming to be the illegitimate son of Wieland Wagner, who died in 1966. It sounded to me like a h...
Music News (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
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dapx (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Wolfgang Wagner has bid farewell to the Bayreuth opera festival in Germany after 57 years at the helm. The 88-year-old blinked back tears as the annual music festival, founded by his grandfather - composer Richard Wagner, came to a close on Thursday.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Wolfgang Wagner bids farewell to the Bayreuth opera festival after 57 years at the helm.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
After 57 years at the helm, Wolfgang Wagner bids farewell to the opera festival founded by his grandfather, Richard Wagner.
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
It was a fitting final curtain for Wolfgang Wagner's career as the man in charge of the Bayreuth opera festival as Richard Wagner's last opera "Parsifal" signaled the end of his 57-year reign.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Fresh from 'Dutchman' turn in Finland, Annapolis baritone Jason Stearns alights at home Longtime Annapolis sailor Jason Stearns sailed into his debut role as that most famous sailor - Richard Wagner's The Flying Dutchman - at the prestigious summer opera festival in Savonlinna, Finland, last month.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
"Nike Wagner, the great-granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner, has joined forces with Paris Opera chief Gerard Mortier to challenge her cousins Katharina and Eva for the leadership of the Bayreuth opera festival."...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
The Richard Wagner family power struggle over the future of the Bayreuth opera festival emerged again Monday after the composer's great-granddaughter launched a new move to gain control of famous event.
