Wieland Wagner
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Wieland Wagner was a German opera director and stage designer best known for radically modernizing productions at the Bayreuth Festival after World War II.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wieland Wagner canonical | 9 |
| Wolfgang Wagner | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9622549 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wieland Wagner Context triple: [Siegfried Wagner, child, Wieland Wagner]
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A.
Heinrich Leopold Wagner
Heinrich Leopold Wagner was an 18th-century German dramatist associated with the Sturm und Drang movement, best known for his socially critical and emotionally intense plays.
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B.
Siegfried Wagner
Siegfried Wagner was a German composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, best known for directing the Bayreuth Festival and continuing the musical legacy of his father, Richard Wagner.
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C.
Max Wagner
Max Wagner was an American character actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood films from the 1920s through the 1970s, often appearing in supporting and uncredited roles.
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D.
Robert Ferdinand Wagner
Robert Ferdinand Wagner was a prominent 20th-century American politician who served as a long-time U.S. Senator from New York and was a key architect of New Deal labor and social legislation.
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E.
Heinrich Wagner
Heinrich Wagner was an Austrian linguist and Celtic studies scholar known for his influential research on Celtic languages and dialectology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wieland Wagner Target entity description: Wieland Wagner was a German opera director and stage designer best known for radically modernizing productions at the Bayreuth Festival after World War II.
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A.
Heinrich Leopold Wagner
Heinrich Leopold Wagner was an 18th-century German dramatist associated with the Sturm und Drang movement, best known for his socially critical and emotionally intense plays.
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B.
Siegfried Wagner
Siegfried Wagner was a German composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, best known for directing the Bayreuth Festival and continuing the musical legacy of his father, Richard Wagner.
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C.
Max Wagner
Max Wagner was an American character actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood films from the 1920s through the 1970s, often appearing in supporting and uncredited roles.
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D.
Robert Ferdinand Wagner
Robert Ferdinand Wagner was a prominent 20th-century American politician who served as a long-time U.S. Senator from New York and was a key architect of New Deal labor and social legislation.
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E.
Heinrich Wagner
Heinrich Wagner was an Austrian linguist and Celtic studies scholar known for his influential research on Celtic languages and dialectology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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opera director ⓘ stage designer ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
abstract staging
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minimalist stage design ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| child | Nike Wagner ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-01-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-10-17 ⓘ |
| employer | Bayreuth Festival ⓘ |
| familyName | Wagner ⓘ |
| father | Siegfried Wagner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
opera
ⓘ
stage design ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Wieland ⓘ |
| grandfather | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| grandmother | Cosima Wagner ⓘ |
| heritage | Wagner family ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| mother | Winifred Wagner ⓘ |
| movement | Regietheater ⓘ |
| name | Wieland Wagner ⓘ |
| notableFor |
abandoning naturalistic scenery in Wagner operas
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radical modernization of Bayreuth Festival productions after World War II ⓘ use of symbolic lighting and simplified sets ⓘ |
| notableWork |
modernist staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen
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modernist staging of Parsifal ⓘ modernist staging of Tristan und Isolde ⓘ postwar Bayreuth Festival productions ⓘ |
| occupation |
opera director
ⓘ
stage designer ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bayreuth
ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bavaria
ⓘ
Munich ⓘ West Germany ⓘ |
| positionHeld | artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival ⓘ |
| relative |
Friedelind Wagner
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Verena Wagner Lafferentz ⓘ |
| sibling | Wolfgang Wagner ⓘ |
| spouse | Gertrud Reissinger ⓘ |
| workLocation | Bayreuth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wieland Wagner Description of subject: Wieland Wagner was a German opera director and stage designer best known for radically modernizing productions at the Bayreuth Festival after World War II.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Wieland Wagner
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