Richard Wagner Foundation

The Richard Wagner Foundation (in German Richard-Wagner-Stiftung) was formed in 1973, when, faced with overwhelming criticism and infighting amongst the descendants of Richard Wagner,^[1] the Bayreuth Festival and its assets were transferred to the newly created Foundation. The board of directors included members of the Wagner family and others appointed by the state.^[2]

The Wagner family handed over the Festspielhaus and the Richard Wagner Archive to the Foundation and donated Wagner's villa Wahnfried to the town of Bayreuth. In 1976 the National Archive of the Richard Wagner Foundation (formerly known as the Richard Wagner Family Archive or Wahnfried Archive), was deposited with the Foundation.^[3]

In 2008 the Foundation's 24 board members, mostly descendants of Wagner, selected Katharina Wagner and her sister Eva Wagner-Pasquier to lead the Bayreuth Festival following the decision of Wolfgang Wagner to stand down.^[4]

References

^ Riding, Alan. (31 July 2007). 'A Bayreuth Drama Worthy of, Well, Wagner'. The New York Times.
^ .Statutes of the Foundation (in German) Archived 17 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Bayreuth Festival website.
^ The Foundation and the National Archive. (Bayreuth, Germany).
^ Paterson, Tony . (1 September 2008). 'Peace breaks out in Wagnerian feud'. The Independent. (Berlin, Germany).

External links

Official site: The Richard Wagner Foundation and Wahnfried House

Richard Wagner

Complete operas

Early works	Die Feen Das Liebesverbot Rienzi

Romantic operas	Der fliegende Holländer Tannhäuser Lohengrin

Music dramas

Der Ring des Nibelungen	Das Rheingold Die Walküre Siegfried Götterdämmerung

Non-operatic music

Symphony in C major (1832)

Polonia Overture (1836)

Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843)

Faust Overture (1844, rev. 1855)

Wesendonck Lieder (1858)

Siegfried Idyll (1870)

Kaisermarsch

Writings

"Art and Revolution"
"The Artwork of the Future"
"Autobiographic Sketch"
"A Communication to My Friends"
"Das Judenthum in der Musik (Jewishness in Music)"
Leubald
Mein Leben
"Music of the Future"
Opera and Drama

Other opera

Opera excerpts	"Bridal Chorus" "Ride of the Valkyries" "Liebestod"

Unfinished operas	Die Laune des Verliebten (1830) Die Hochzeit (1832) Männerlist größer als Frauenlist (1838) Wieland der Schmied (1850; text only) Die Sieger (1858; text only)