Wagner sisters end feud cycle for 99th Bayreuth festival

First festival under sole direction of composer's great-granddaughters offers chance to modernise 134-year-old eventNot so long ago they were siblings at war. Now the great-granddaughters of Richard Wagner have put their feud behind them because they have a show to roll out, and the world's music critics are watching closely.The first Wagner festival to take place under the sole direction of its new chiefs, Katharina Wagner and her half-sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier, opens this Sunday.Wagner watche...

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