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Gudrun Wagner

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Birth Date:
15.06.1944
Death date:
28.11.2007
Extra names:
Gudrun Wagner, Гудрун Вагнер, Gudrun Armann, Гудрун Вагнер
Cemetery:
Kreuz, Stadtfriedhof (de)

Gudrun Wagner (née Armann; 15 June 1944 – 28 November 2007) was the wife of Wolfgang Wagner, sole director of the Bayreuth Festival since 1967. Her behind-the-scenes influence led her to be considered virtual co-director.

Biography

Wagner was born as Gudrun Armann in Allenstein, East Prussia. She grew up in Lower Bavaria near Regensburg, where she was moved at the age of four weeks because of World War II. She worked as a secretary in the press department of the Bayreuth Festival from 1965. In 1970 she married Dietrich Mack, editor of Cosima Wagner's diary. She later became the assistant of Wolfgang Wagner, the grandson of Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festival which the composer founded.

She and Wolfgang Wagner each divorced their spouses in order to marry each other in 1976. Their daughter Katharina, who succeeded her father as co-director of the festival, was born in 1978.

Although officially keeping a low profile, she exercised influence on the festival from behind the scenes. Wolfgang Wagner's attempt in 2001 to install his wife as successor did not pass a vote of the board of the festival foundation.

She had been recovering from an operation in hospital in Bayreuth when she died.

Source: wikipedia.org

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        Relation nameRelation typeBirth DateDeath dateDescription
        1Wolfgang  WagnerWolfgang WagnerHusband30.08.191921.03.2010
        2Siegfried WagnerSiegfried WagnerFather in-law06.06.186904.08.1930
        3Winifred WagnerWinifred WagnerMother in-law23.06.189705.03.1980
        4Friedelind  WagnerFriedelind WagnerBrother in-law29.03.191808.05.1991
        5Wieland  WagnerWieland WagnerBrother in-law05.01.191717.10.1966

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