The New Richard Wagner Museum Bayreuth

Sven Friedrich

The legendary former house of Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, “Wahnfried,” became a museum in 1976. After a five year renovation and expansion, it reopened in summer 2015 to coincide with the annual Baryreuth opera festival. Museum director Dr. Sven Friedrich talks about the eventful history of "Wahnfried," its collections, and how their new museum contextualizes Wagner's work in later decades. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Wagner Society of New York and precedes the Morgan's upcoming exhibition Wagner's Ring: Forging an Epic, opening January 29.