Wieland Wagner

Wieland Wagner was a German opera director, and a grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the musical stage works, departing from the naturalistic scenery and lighting of the 19th-century models.

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Who was born first?

• Wieland Wagner and Thelonious Monk were born the same year
• Wieland Wagner and Merle Travis were born the same year
• Wieland Wagner and Farid al-Atrash were born the same year
• Wieland Wagner and Ella Fitzgerald were born the same year
• Wieland Wagner and Rufus Thomas were born the same year

Timeline

1. Ella FitzgeraldApril 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996
2. Farid al-AtrashOctober 19, 1917 – December 26, 1974
3. Merle TravisNovember 29, 1917 – October 1983
4. Rufus ThomasMarch 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001
5. Thelonious MonkOctober 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982
6. Wieland Wagner (this page)January 5, 1917 – October 17, 1966

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