http://www.newsvine.com/katharina-wagnerNewsvine - katharina-wagneren-usCopyright 2013Mon, 1 Sep 2008 19:19:27 +0000Tue, 21 May 2013 04:27:08 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/01/1812730-half-sisters-win-fight-to-direct-bayreuth-festivalhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/01/1812730-half-sisters-win-fight-to-direct-bayreuth-festivalentertainmentfestivalrichard-wagnerkatharina-wagnerbayreuth-festivaleva-wagner-pasquierMon, 1 Sep 2008 18:10:18 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Katharina Wagner, links, und Eva Wagner-Pasquier, rechts, verfolgen die Abschiedsfeier fuer ihren Vater Wolfgang Wagner auf der Buehne des Festspielhauses in Bayreuth. Fuer wen auch immer sich der Stiftungsrat der Bayreuther Festspiele am Montag, 1. September 2008, entscheidet - mit der Wahl der zukuenftigen Leitung beginnt eine neue Aera. Um die Nachfolge Wolfgang Wagners, der nach 57 Jahren sein Amt niedergelegt hat, bewerben sich seine Toechter Katharina und Eva sowie deren Cousine Nike und der belgische Opernmanager Gerard Mortier. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz) --- Retired Bayreuth Opera Festival chief Wolfgang Wagners daughters Katharina Wagner, left, and Eva Wagner-Pasquier, right, attend the farewell ceremony for their father on the stage of the Bayreuth Festival opera in Bayreuth, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2008. The Wagner inheritor stepped down as festival chief. The Richard Wagner foundation council is expected to announce a successor as the festival chief during a meeting on Monday, Sept. 1, 20</p><p>German Nike Wagner, left, and Belgian Gerard Mortier, right, arrive for a meeting of the Richard Wagner Foundation council in Bayreuth, Germany, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Bayreuth board members are meeting to choose the next director of the fabled German festival dedicated to the music of Richard Wagner. Nike Wagner has applied to share director's duties with Mortier. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)</p><p>Eva Wagner-Pasquier, left, and Katharina Wagner, right, pose after a meeting of the Richard Wagner Foundation council in Bayreuth, Germany, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The Bayreuth Festival board on Monday named the half-sisters to replace their father at the helm of the German festival dedicated to the music of composer Richard Wagner. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)</p><p>Eva Wagner-Pasquier, left, and Katharina Wagner, right, address the media after a meeting of the Richard Wagner Foundation council in Bayreuth, Germany, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The Bayreuth Festival board on Monday named the half-sisters to replace their father at the helm of the German festival dedicated to the music of composer Richard Wagner. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)</p><p>Eva Wagner-Pasquier, left, and Katharina Wagner, right, address the media after a meeting of the Richard Wagner Foundation council in Bayreuth, Germany, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. The Bayreuth Festival board on Monday named the half-sisters to replace their father at the helm of the German festival dedicated to the music of composer Richard Wagner. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)</p><p>German Nike Wagner, left, and Belgian Gerard Mortier, right, arrive for a meeting of the Richard Wagner Foundation council in Bayreuth, Germany, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008. Bayreuth board members are meeting to choose the next director of the fabled German festival dedicated to the music of Richard Wagner. Nike Wagner has applied to share director's duties with Mortier. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)</p>