Wieland Wagner

Wieland Wagner
Born(1917-01-05)5 January 1917
Died17 October 1966(1966-10-17) (aged 49)
NationalityGerman
OccupationOpera director
Known forMember of Wagner family and Opera director
ChildrenIris, Wolf-Siegfried, Nike and Daphne
Parent(s)Siegfried Wagner and Winifred Wagner
RelativesRichard Wagner, Friedelind Wagner, Wolfgang Wagner, Verena Wagner, Franz Liszt

Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, and 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 operas, departing from the naturalistic scenery and lighting of the originals.