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Friedelind Wagner

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Birth Date:
29.03.1918
Death date:
08.05.1991
Extra names:
Friedelind Wagner, Фриделинд Вагнер
Nationality:
 german
Cemetery:
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Friedelind Wagner (29 March 1918 – 8 May 1991) was the daughter of German opera composer Siegfried Wagner and his English wife, Winifred Williams and the granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner. Born in Bayreuth, she was known by the nickname "Die Maus" or "Mausi". Along with other members of her family, from early in life Friedelind Wagner was involved with the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. In 1936, she began work as an assistant to Heinz Tietjen but her outspoken criticism of close family friend Adolf Hitler and the policies of the Third Reich led to her leaving Germany in 1939. She lived for a short time in Switzerland before emigrating first to England where she began writing anti-Nazi columns for the Daily Sketch newspaper.

With the help of Arturo Toscanini, in 1941 Wagner moved to the United States where she became involved with radio broadcasts of anti-Nazi propaganda. She also helped Professor Henry A. Murray, Director of the Harvard Psychological Clinic plus psychoanalyst 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 in New York City by Harper & brothers, it was released in London in 1948 as "The Royal Family of Bayreuth."

Wagner eventually returned to work at the Bayreuth Festival and in 1976 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 a student of Friedelind Wagner, 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.

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Siegfried WagnerSiegfried WagnerFather06.06.186904.08.1930
        2Winifred WagnerWinifred WagnerMother23.06.189705.03.1980
        3Wieland  WagnerWieland WagnerBrother05.01.191717.10.1966
        4Wolfgang  WagnerWolfgang WagnerBrother30.08.191921.03.2010
        5Johanna  WagnerJohanna WagnerAunt13.10.182816.10.1894
        6Blandine  GravinaBlandine GravinaAunt29.03.186304.12.1941
        7Eva  ChamberlainEva ChamberlainAunt17.02.186726.05.1942
        8Isolde  BeidlerIsolde BeidlerAunt10.04.186507.02.1919
        9Daniela  von BülowDaniela von BülowAunt12.10.186028.07.1940
        10Gudrun  WagnerGudrun WagnerBrother in-law15.06.194428.11.2007
        11Hans von BülowHans von BülowGrandfather08.01.183012.02.1894
        12Richard WagnerRichard WagnerGrandfather22.05.181313.02.1883
        13Cosima  WagnerCosima WagnerGrandmother24.12.183701.04.1930
        14Franz LisztFranz LisztGreat grandfather22.10.181131.07.1886
        15Даниэль  СтернДаниэль СтернGreat grandmother31.01.180505.03.1876
        16Marie dAgoultMarie dAgoultGreat grandmother31.12.180505.03.1876
        17Ernst Henry ThodeErnst Henry ThodeCousin03.04.188728.02.1967
        18Gilberto Graf GravinaGilberto Graf GravinaCousin17.10.189000.00.1972
        19
        Guido Graf GravinaCousin01.02.1896
        20Maria Gräfin GravinaMaria Gräfin GravinaCousin23.09.188607.04.1929
        21Manfredi  GravinaManfredi GravinaCousin14.06.188319.09.1932
        22Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerFriend20.04.188930.04.1945

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