Friedelind Wagner

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Friedelind Wagner
Born(1918-03-29)29 March 1918
Verena Wagner
Wagner family home, Haus Wahnfried where Friedelind grew up

Friedelind Wagner (29 March 1918 – 8 May 1991) was the elder daughter of German opera composer Siegfried Wagner and his English wife Winifred Williams and the granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner. She was also the great-granddaughter of the composer Franz Liszt.

Born in

Third Reich led to her leaving Germany in 1939. She lived for a short time in Switzerland, then emigrated first to England, where she was interned on the Isle of Man from 27 May 1940 till 15 February 1941.[3] Later she began writing anti-Nazi columns for the Daily Sketch
newspaper.

With the help of

Walter C. Langer and other experts to create a 1943 report for the OSS designated as the Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler. With writer Page Cooper
in 1945, Friedelind Wagner wrote her memoirs Heritage of Fire. Published in English, it was released in London in 1948 as The Royal Family of Bayreuth.

In 1953, Friedelind Wagner eventually returned to work at the Bayreuth Festival, occupying the top floor of the gardener's cottage at Haus Wahnfried, the Wagner home, that became later a museum.[5] At Bayreuth, she directed master classes for young singers, conductors and directors.[6] In 1976, she was part of the team that made the documentary film Wagner:The Making of the Ring, which was filmed during the creation of the Pierre Boulez/Patrice Chéreau Ring. The Times wrote: "This (Boulez/Chéreau) Ring is the most important single event in the democratization of opera and will put opera back at the center of all the arts, where it belongs."

As her student, American conductor Michael Tilson Thomas was a musical assistant and assistant conductor at the Bayreuth Festival.

In her latter years, Friedelind Wagner made her home in Lucerne, Switzerland. Never married, she died in a hospital in Herdecke, Germany in 1991.

See also

  • Wagner family tree

References

  1. ISBN 0-7876-4075-1
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  2. ^ Sam Roberts (2019-04-23). "Verena Lafferentz, 98, Last of Wagner Grandchildren, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  3. ISBN 978-3-455-50079-0
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  4. ^ "The Music, Six Songs on Poems of Nelly Sachs Op.14 (1985) (Sechs Gesänge nach Gedichten von Nelly Sachs) for soprano and piano" (PDF). Chandos Records Limited. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  5. ^ "The Music, Six Songs on Poems of Nelly Sachs Op.14 (1985) (Sechs Gesänge nach Gedichten von Nelly Sachs) for soprano and piano" (PDF). Chandos Records Limited. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  6. ^ Sam Roberts (2019-04-23). "Verena Lafferentz, 98, Last of Wagner Grandchildren, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-04-24.

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