The daughter of Wolfgang Wagner, the 86-year-old director of the Bayreuth Festival, Katharina Wagner is believed to be her father's pick to succeed him at the helm of the famed festival. She has directed four productions since making her directorial debut—at 22—in 2002, and is scheduled to direct at Bayreuth for the first time in 2007, leading Die Meistersinger von N‹rnberg.