Siegfried Wagner

The Profile

Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930) was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner and Cosima Liszt. He composed operas, lieder and orchestral works and was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

He produced a sizable body of work including operas, lieder and orchestral pieces. Sonnenflammen (composed 1912, staged 1918) is highlighted in reviews and received a first full commercial recording issued by CPO in 2003. His widow, Winifred Wagner, later had a close friendship with Adolf Hitler; many of Siegfried's works were neglected in the Bayreuth canon and were often staged in provincial German theatres, sometimes posthumously.

Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930), son of Richard Wagner and Cosima Liszt, was a German composer of operas, lieder and orchestral works. Reviews highlight Sonnenflammen (1912) as an accessible, late‑Romantic opera with Wagnerian echoes. A CPO full recording of Sonnenflammen (first complete commercial recording) is noted.