Wagner Heir Bids for Bayreuth
According to London’s Guardian newspaper: The great-granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner has announced her joint bid with a star conductor to take over the leadership of the annual Bayreuth festival, in the latest episode in a long-running family saga. Katharina Wagner, who made her directorial debut at Bayreuth this summer to mixed reviews, is teaming up with Christian Thielemann, the musical director of the Munich Philharmonic and a respected Wagner conductor. Read more here.
