Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

male, deceased (1883)
German, der ring des nibelungen, Opera composer, opera, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, tristan und isolde…bayreuth, BayreuthFestspielhaus
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his...

Wolfgang Wagner

male
Bayreuth Festival, German, Theatre Producer, The Transformation of the World into Music, German culture, BayreuthFestspielhaus
Wolfgang Wagner (b. 1919) is the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951....
Siegfried Wagner

Siegfried Wagner

male, deceased (1930)
Romantic composer, Cosima Liszt, Classical composer, Wagnerites, German, opera…Bayreuth Festival, BayreuthFestspielhaus
Siegfried Wagner (6 June 1869 - 4 August 1930) was the son of Richard Wagner and Cosima Liszt and the grandson of Franz Liszt. He was a very...
Hermann Levi

Hermann Levi

male, deceased (1900)
Romantic composer, opus number, violin sonata, from Hesse, Piano Concerto, composer…bayreuth, BayreuthFestspielhaus
Hermann Levi was a German orchestral conductor. Born in Gießen, he was the son of a Jewish rabbi. He was educated at Gießen and Mannheim, and ca...
Hans Hotter

Hans Hotter

male, deceased (2003)
from Hesse, World War II, Wagnerites, parsifal, Bass-baritone, Ring Cycle…BayreuthFestspielhaus, bayreuth
Hans Hotter was a German operatic bass-baritone, admired internationally after World War II for the power, beauty and intelligence of his singing,...
Wolfgang Sawallisch

Wolfgang Sawallisch

male, 86 years old
Conductor, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian State Opera, BayreuthFestspielhaus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, lied
Wolfgang Sawallisch (born August 26, 1923) is a German conductor and pianist.
Anne Evans

Anne Evans

female, 68 years old
Alumni of the Royal College of Music, Order of the British Empire, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Brünnhilde, BayreuthFestspielhaus, Così fan tutte…bayreuth
Dame Anne Evans DBE (born August 20 1941, London) is an internationally successful Welsh soprano. Anne Evans made her debut as Countess Ceprano in...
Josef Greindl

Josef Greindl

male, deceased (1993)
Bass, Opera Singer, metropolitan opera, tristan und isolde, wagner, singer…bayreuth, BayreuthFestspielhaus
Josef Greindl was a German bass. Josef Greindl studied at the Munich Music Academy with Paul Bender. His debut was in 1936, as Hunding in Wagner's...

Hans Richter

male, deceased (1916)
Conductor, hungarian, tchaikovsky, Austrian, horn, brahms…bayreuth, BayreuthFestspielhaus
Hans Richter (4 April 1843 in Raab, today Győr, Hungary as János Richter, died 5 December 1916 in Bayreuth) was an Austrian-Hungarian conductor. Ri...
Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck

male, deceased (1921)
Hoch Conservatory, Singspiel, opera, The Princess Bride, Opera librettist, Prince Humperdinck…bayreuth, BayreuthFestspielhaus
Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer, best known for his opera, "Hänsel und Gretel" (1893). Humperdinck was born at Siegburg, in the Rhine p...