Richard Wagner
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Born 1813-05-22
Died 1883-02-13
Leipzig, Germany
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner (/ˈvɑːɡnər/; German: [ˈʁiçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] (About this sound listen); 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works.
He described this vision in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these ideas most fully in the first half of the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas, or plot elements. His advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, greatly influenced the development of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music.
Famously, he is known for Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied.
The four parts that constitute the Ring cycle are, in sequence: Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) Siegfried Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
Wagner had his own opera house built, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which embodied many novel design features. The Ring and Parsifal were premiered here and his most important stage works continue to be performed at the annual Bayreuth Festival, run by his descendants. His thoughts on the relative contributions of music and drama in opera were to change again, and he reintroduced some traditional forms into his last few stage works, including Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg).
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Nosferatu the Vampyre
Deer Hunting
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Richard Wagner - Die Götterdämmerung - Bayreuther Festspiele 2022
Tannhäuser
Tannhäuser
Der fliegende Holländer
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Ludwig
Götterdämmerung
This is Opera
Wagner: Die Walküre
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov
Richard Wagner - Lohengrin
Tristan und Isolde
Parsifal
Der Fliegende Holländer
Bludný Holanďan
To Parsifal
Der fliegende Holländer
Parsifal
Patriotism
The Clock Stopped at Midnight
Richard Wagner: Lohengrin @ Baden-Baden Easter Festival 2026
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2026
Rienzi: Bayreuth Festival 2026
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Zizi
Adolf and Marlene
The Colón Ring: Siegfried
Concerto di Pasqua dal Duomo di Orvieto 2024
Der fliegende Holländer - Wiener Staatsoper
Ludwig II
La Folle Journée de Nantes 2026
The Colón Ring: The Valkyrie
Klaus Florian Vogt sings Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
The Colón Ring: The Rheingold
Wagner: Die Walküre
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser
Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
The Colón Ring: Götterdämmerung
Daniele Gatti & Gautier Capuçon Wagner, Saint-Saëns, and Debussy
Die Walküre
Tristan und Isolde
The Evil Forest
The Little Chaos
The Flying Dutchman
Die Walküre
Wagner: La Valchiria
Writing
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Die Walküre
Tannhäuser
Tannhauser
Götterdämmerung
Der Ring des Nibelungen
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
The Ring of the Nibelung
Das Rheingold
Tristan und Isolde
Tannhäuser
Parsifal
Der fliegende Holländer
Parsifal
Rienzi: Bayreuth Festival 2026
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Planet Arium
The Colón Ring: Siegfried
Der fliegende Holländer - Wiener Staatsoper
The Colón Ring: The Valkyrie
Wagner: Die Walküre
The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser
The Colón Ring: Götterdämmerung
Die Walküre
The Evil Forest
The Flying Dutchman
Die Walküre
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