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Achievements
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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- Bavarian Order of Merit
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- Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold
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- Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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- Doctor honoris causa at University of Bayreuth
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- Friedrich-Baur-Preis
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- Frankenwürfel
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Identifiers & aliases
Wolfgang Wagner 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. He was the son of Siegfried Wagner and he was the great-grandson of Franz Liszt.
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