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OBITUARY: Wolfgang Wagner, Who Led Bayreuth Festival, Dies

5361 days ago
All About JazzWolfgang Wagner, the grandson of composer Richard Wagner and the leader of the Bayreuth opera festival for more than half a century, died Sunday. He was 90. Wolfgang Wagner dedicated his whole life to the legacy of his grandfather, the festival sa... more info

Last of a generation: Wolfgang Wagner dies aged 90

5361 days ago
Guardian MusicThe life of Wagner's grandson embraced everything from hospital visits by Hitler to commissioning Patrice Chéreau's epoch-making Ring productionOur obituary of Wolfgang Wagner, who has died aged 90, rather crushingly says of its subject: "The most... more info

Wagner's grandson dies at age 90

5361 days ago
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Wolfgang Wagner, a grandson of German composer Richard Wagner, who carried the torch of the family's musical legacy, has died at age 90. more info

Wolfgang Wagner obituary

5361 days ago
Guardian MusicGrandson of Richard Wagner and opera impresario, he was the long-time director of the Bayreuth FestivalWolfgang Wagner, who has died aged 90, together with his older brother Wieland managed in 1951 to re-establish the Bayreuth festival devoted to the... more info

Bayreuth leader Wagner dies at 90

5361 days ago
BBC News - UKWolfgang Wagner, former director of the Bayreuth Festival and the grandson of composer Richard Wagner, dies aged 90. more info

Wolfgang Wagner, longtime patriarch of Bayreuth festival and composer's grandson, dies at 90

5361 days ago
TopixIn this Aug. 28, 2008 file photo Wolfgang Wagner is seen during his farewell ceremony at the Bayreuth opera festival opera in Bayreuth, Germany. more info

Wagners Grandson Dies At 90

5361 days ago
ContactMusicThe grandson of legendary composer RICHARD WAGNER has died at the age of 90.Wolfgang Wagner passed away in his sleep at his house in Bayreuth, Germany on Sunday (21Mar10).... more info

Geneva's 'Parsifal' escapes boos of Wagner productions, ends in embrace on stage and in crowd

5363 days ago
TopixGeneva's new "Parsifal" production escaped the boos heard after several recent Richard Wagner opera premieres at the Grand Theatre, with a richly colored staging accompanying music that was at times so sensuous the allegory of Christian salvation see... more info

Stuart Skelton: A Life of Grimes

5365 days ago
Guardian MusicStuart Skelton's Peter Grimes electrified audiences last year. Now he's back in London to bring another troubled soul to lifePeter Grimes is very much English National Opera's own opera. It was the work the company (in its previous guise, as Sadler's... more info

Odawas Interview: SXSW 2010

5368 days ago
Spinner.com Odawas started out with a grand idea -- combining classical music with gritty folk songwriting a la Neil Young. Over the course of five albums the band has perfected the mix and expanded it with dizzying layers of surreality and sensuality. Spinner ... more info

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