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Biography
Richard Wagner (–) was a German composer, conductor and theatre director who was primarily known for his operas. The greatest musical visionary of the 19th century, or an insatiable megalomaniac who didn't know when to stop?
Life and Music
Richard Wagner was born on May 22nd in the Jewish quarter of Leipzig.
As a boy, he showed so little aptitude for music that he was the only child in his family not to receive piano lessons - he taught himself to play through Weber's Der Freischutz.
At the age of 20, Wagner took a choirmaster position in Würzberg and composed his first opera, Die Feen, in
His opera career soon picked up speed - he completed Rienzi in , The Flying Dutchman in and Tannhauser in
Wagner's most enduring work, Der Rin des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), consists of four separate operas and took 26 years to complete.
He finally reached the conclusion, Götterdämmerung, in
Written in , Tristan und Isolde is another example of Wagn