Katharina Wagner Katharina Wagner Katharina Wagner (born 21 May 1978 in Bayreuth) is a German opera stage-director and co-director of the Bayreuth Festival. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner, great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, and great-great granddaughter of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. Wagner has staged "Der fliegende Holländer" in Würzburg and "Lohengrin" in Budapest. Her directorial début at the Bayreuth Festival, staging a production of Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" in July 2007, was booed at its premiere, but established a following which returned to watch the production evolve as Wagner made changes in each of the five years it was
Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival The Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival (more commonly called JazzFest) is an annual multi-day outdoor musical event, featuring two stages and is free to the public. It is one of the largest free music festivals in its region and is held annually at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls, South Dakota during the third weekend in July. JazzFest features a wide variety of music every year including jazz, blues, Zydeco, Latin, Reggae, big band, rock, soul, funk and others. JazzFest features a main stage, second stage for regional/local talent, the Sanford Children's JazzQuest