Background
WAGNER, Wolfgang was born on August 30, 1919 in Bayreuth. Son of Siegfried and Winifred (nee Williams) Wagner.
WAGNER, Wolfgang was born on August 30, 1919 in Bayreuth. Son of Siegfried and Winifred (nee Williams) Wagner.
Andreasnacht (Berlin 1944), The Rhinegold (Naples 1952), The Valkyrie (Naples 1952, 1953, Barcelona 1955, Venice 1957, Palermo 1962, Osaka 1967), Lohengrin (Bayreuth 1953, 1967), Siegfried (Naples 1953, Brussels 1954, Venice 1957, Bologna 1957), The Flying Dutchman (Bayreuth 1955), Tristan and Isolde (Barcelona 1955, Bayreuth 1957, Venice 1958, Palermo 1960, Osaka 1967, Milan 1978), Parsifal (Barcelona 1955, Bayreuth 1975), Don Giovanni (Brunswick 1955), The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Rome 1956, Bayreuth 1968, 1981), The Nibelung’s Ring (Venice 1957, Bayreuth 1960, 1970), Gotterdammerung (Venice 1957), Tannhauser (Bayreuth 1985). Assistant with Preussischer Staatsoper, Berlin 1940-1944. Returned to Bayreuth after war, worked with brother (the late Wieland Wagner) as director annual Wagner operatic festival 66, on his own since 1967. Directed 346 performances 1953-1988.
Numerous guest appearances and international tours. Bayerischer Maximiliansorden 1984. Bayerische Akademie der Schonen Kiinste 1986.
Ehrensenator Graz 1987, Munich 1988, Tubingen 1988.
Married 1st Ellen Drexel in 1943. Married 2nd Gudrun Arman in 1976.