Wagners end feud over Bayreuth festival
The battle for control of Germany's most celebrated opera festival has ended with the feuding descendants of Richard Wagner agreeing to work together.
The struggle over the Bayreuth opera festival, celebrated for its sell-out performances of Wagner's music, has been fought for years by three female scions of the composer's family.
They were each determined to run the festival, a major social event for Germany's rich and powerful, once Wagner's grandson, 88-year-old Wolfgang, stepped down.
He had let it be known that he favoured his daughter by his second marriage, Katharina Wagner, 29, to succeed him.
But she was accused by other members of the family, Eva Wagner-Pasquier and Nike Wagner, of not having enough experience.
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The struggle over the Bayreuth opera festival, celebrated for its sell-out performances of Wagner's music, has been fought for years by three female scions of the composer's family.
They were each determined to run the festival, a major social event for Germany's rich and powerful, once Wagner's grandson, 88-year-old Wolfgang, stepped down.
He had let it be known that he favoured his daughter by his second marriage, Katharina Wagner, 29, to succeed him.
But she was accused by other members of the family, Eva Wagner-Pasquier and Nike Wagner, of not having enough experience.