Wieland Wagner
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wieland Adolf Gottfried Wagner
German opera director (1917–1966)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 1966,
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Wieland Wagner, sein Denken
- Hundert Jahre Tristan
- Richard Wagner und das neue Bayreuth
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 2
Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director. Wieland was the elder of two sons of Siegfried Wagner and Winifred Wagner, grandson of composer Richard Wagner, and great-grandson of composer Franz Liszt through Wieland's paternal grandmother. In 1941, he married the dancer and choreographer Gertrude Reissinger. They had four children Iris (b. 1942), Wolf-Siegfried (b. 1943), Nike (b. 1945) and Daphne (b. 1946). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Wieland+Wagner">
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wagner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bayreuth
- Place of death
- Munich
- Child
- Nike Wagner
- Father
- Siegfried Wagner
- Mother
- Winifred Wagner
- Sibling
- Verena Wagner Lafferentz
- Occupation
- choreographer
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Voorbereidingen voor het Holland Festival Wieland Wagner en Martha Moval, Bestanddeelnr 910-4331 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Stuttgart
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- date of birth
- 1917-01-05
- date of death
- 1966-10-17
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P8168
- Corocoro Island
- P12674
- 4326 McNally
- archives at
- Bavarian Hauptstaatsarchiv
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