Reports: Wagner heir is pulled lifeless from river

Reports: Wagner heir is pulled lifeless from river

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norman lebrecht

September 04, 2021

German media are sharing the shocking news that Eva Wagner-Pasquier, 76, former joint director of the Bayreuth Festival, was taken lifeless today out of the Isar River.

A former artistic adviser at Covent Garden and the Bastille Opera, Wagner-Pasquier shared the leadership of Bayreuth with her half-sister Katharina from 2008 to 2015.

It is reported that she received resuscitation on the river bank and was rushed to hospital, where she is in a coma.

 

 

 

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