Overview
- The collection was formally handed over in Graupa on October 24 in the presence of Wagner’s great-granddaughter, Dagny Beidler.
- The donation comprises more than 500 artifacts, including five handwritten letters, the first piano-reduction printing of Rienzi, and numerous first editions.
- A travel suitcase said to have accompanied Wagner during his 1849 escape from Dresden to Zurich is included, with the museum describing the attribution as probable.
- The items will be shown at the Lohengrinhaus from April 15 to May 15, 2026, after which the institution retains curatorial stewardship.
- Donor Armin Trösch, honorary president of the Swiss Wagner Society, framed the move as a return to Saxony, underscoring Graupa’s stature as a key Wagner site.