Although the marriage produced two children, it was largely a loveless union, and in 1863 Cosima began a relationship with Wagner, who was 24 years her senior. She married him in 1870. In that ...

His wife Cosima began running the festival by 1908 ... The exhibition "Mensch Wagner" can be seen through October 6 at the Richard Wagner Museum in Bayreuth. The Bayreuth Festival runs from ...