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Wolfgang Wagner

1919 - 2010

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Wolfgang Wagner (30 August 1919 – 21 March 2010) was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966. From then on, he assumed total control until he retired in 2008, although many of the productions which he commissioned were severely criticized in their day. He had been plagued by family conflicts and criticism for many years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Wagner is the 422nd most popular composer (down from 373rd in 2019), the 1,693rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,523rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Wolfgang Wagner ranks 422 out of 1,451. Before him are Ignaz Moscheles, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Georges Delerue, Mélanie Bonis, Ferdinand Hiller, and Georg Muffat. After him are Hermann Abendroth, Elmer Bernstein, Zdeněk Fibich, Domenico Zipoli, Francesco Cilea, and Franz Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Wolfgang Wagner ranks 71. Before him are Margaret Burbidge, Maurice Herzog, Daniel Bell, Uta Hagen, Lauri Törni, and Glafcos Clerides. After him are Kiichi Miyazawa, Gillo Pontecorvo, Liberace, Bob Paisley, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Art Blakey. Among people deceased in 2010, Wolfgang Wagner ranks 67. Before him are Carlos Andrés Pérez, John du Pont, Anton Geesink, Patricia Neal, Alexander Haig, and Erich Segal. After him are Johan Ferrier, Guido de Marco, Adriaan Blaauw, Mario Monicelli, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Israel Tal.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Wagner ranks 1,693 out of 7,253. Before him are Ferdinand Hiller (1811), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), Robert Prosinečki (1969), Prince Charles of Prussia (1801), Günther Quandt (1881), and Gottfried August Bürger (1747). After him are Hermann Abendroth (1883), Georg Gänswein (1956), Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781), Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806), and Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Wolfgang Wagner ranks 59. Before him are Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Karl Richter (1926), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Peter Cornelius (1824), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), and Ferdinand Hiller (1811). After him are Hermann Abendroth (1883), Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758), Albert Lortzing (1801), Johann Kirnberger (1721), Johann Schein (1586), and Ferdinand Ries (1784).

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