Wolfgang Wagner to step down as director of Bayreuth festival

Wolfgang Wagner to step down as director of Bayreuth festival

09:12 AM CDT on Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Wolfgang Wagner is stepping down after 57 years as director of the Bayreuth opera festival founded by his grandfather, the composer Richard Wagner, Bavaria's culture minister said Tuesday.

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