Wolfgang Wagner Wolfgang Wagner Wolfgang Wagner (30 August 191921 March 2010) 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, the grandson of Richard Wagner, and the great-grandson of Franz Liszt. His
George Town Festival off with an ensemble of musical performances from throughout Southeast Asia. George Town Festival The George Town Festival is an annual cultural festival held within the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. The month-long art festival takes place every August throughout the city. Inaugurated in 2010, the festival was initially mooted to celebrate the inscription of George Town as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has since grown into a ""major Asian arts event"", attracting about 250,000 visitors in 2015. In 2009, George Town World Heritage Incorporated, a state agency tasked with monitoring and promoting the city's heritage, had