Wieland Wagner topic

Wieland Wagner (January 5, 1917 – October 17, 1966) was a German opera director. Wieland was the elder of two sons of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner and grandson of composer Richard Wagner. 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). Late in his life, Wieland had a love affair with the much younger Anja Silja, one of the singers he had recruited for Bayreuth. In 1965,... full article at wikipedia