Young Wagner’s Debut Scorned By Bayreuth Crowd

“The 29-year-old great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner was loudly booed following her directorial debut… Katharina Wagner’s interpretation of The Mastersingers of Nuremberg [amounted to a] seven-hour staging, which featured full frontal nudity and rewrote the plot. The reaction may come as a blow to the young director, who is competing for control of her great-grandfather’s legacy.”