Katharina Wagner
Katharina Wagner (born 1978), daughter of former Bayreuth Festival leader Wolfgang Wagner (1919-2010) and Gudrun Wagner (1944-2007) and great granddaughter of Richard Wagner, made her debut at the Wagner Festival with a production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 2007. On 1 September 2008 Katharina is was elected joint leader of the Bayreuth Festival with her half-sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier.
Katharina Wagner during rehearsals for her production of Lohengrin in
Budapest.
Photo: Béla Mezey (thanks to Budapest Opera)
Her earlier work includes an innovative production of Lohengrin in Budapest in which she interpreted the action as an election (see below) and Der fliegende Holländer in Würzburg.
Katharina has already started reforming the Bayreuth Festival. For the first time in the history of the Festival, a performance was transmitted to a big screen in Bayreuth town for free public viewing.
The same performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (27 July) was also available for everyone with a broadband connection. The DVD of Katharina Wagner's Meistersinger-production was released in December 2008.
Katharina Wagner directed a new production of Rienzi at Bremen Theater (October 2008). Here are some reviews: Bloomberg, Die Welt, Kurier, Berliner Zeitung, Tagesspiegel, Frankfurter Allgemeiner
Katharina Wagner will also make a new
production of Tannhäuser
at the Teatro Pérez Galdós (Las Palmas/Gran
Canaria) 11, 14 and 17 July 2009.
Some of Katharina Wagner's projects
- Katharina Wagner's production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Bayreuth Festival
- Katharina Wagner's Lohengrin production in Budapest
- Katharina Wagner's production of Der fliegende Holländer in Würzburg
- Katharina Wagner's other projects
- A documentary about Katharina Wagner's Meistersinger
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