To reclaim Wagner, his family must leave the Bayreuth festival | Guy Dammann

The family have taken positive steps towards dealing with Wagner's fascist associations, but they should go furtherAfter a life spent chasing fame and other people's fortunes all over Europe, as well as fleeing from creditors and displeased governments, Richard Wagner chose a quiet corner of northern Bavaria in which to spend his autumn years. The house he built there he called Wahnfried, which translates as "peace from madness". Few houses have been worse named. Family feud has followed spat ha...

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