Gerard Mortier Wants To Run Both NYC Opera And Bayreuth
Mortier said he submitted a joint application to run the Wagner festival at Bayreuth with Nike Wagner, one of the composer's great granddaughters, because "part of the Wagner family insisted." A joint bid by two other great granddaughters, Katharina Wagner and Eva Wagner-Pasquier, is regarded as the favorite heading into Monday's meeting of the festival board. Yahoo! (AP) 08/26/08

Posted August 26, 2008 06:35 PM