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Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

Country of origin: Germany
Birthday: May 22, 1813
Date of death: February 13, 1883

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Der Ring ohne Worte
Conductor: Christoph König
Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE
April 16, 2026 | Madrid (Spain) , Teatro Monumental
Die Walküre
Conductor: Marc Albrecht
17. April 2026 | Köln (Deutschland) , Oper, Staatenhaus Saal 1

About Richard Wagner

The childhood of Richard Wagner (born on 22 May 1813) was divided between Dresden and Leipzig, where he had his first composition lessons in 1831/32 from Christian Theodor Weinlig, cantor at the Thomasschule. In 1833 he became chorus master at the Würzburg theatre. Later he held brief appointments as music director at theatres in Bad Lauchstädt, Magdeburg, and Königsberg, where he married the actress Minna Planer in 1836.
 A conducting engagement took him to Riga in 1837, but in 1839 Wagner and Minna left Riga and his creditors under cover of night, heading for Paris over the stormy Baltic Sea. There he remained for three hard years, completing Rienzi (1840). His years in Paris turned into a bitterly disappointing experience. He eked out something less than a living by doing musical hack-work and writing articles. His first success with Rienzi in Dresden in 1842 led to his appointment as musical director (Hofkapellmeister) at Dresden in 1843, and shortly afterwards Der fliegende Holländer as well as his innovative Tannhäuser were performed for the first time. Some of his outstanding achievements were a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and his revised version of Gluck’s Iphigenie in Aulis.
In May 1849, having taken part in the revolt in Saxony, Wagner had to flee abroad, and after failing to establish himself as opera composer in Paris he settled with his wife in Zurich in 1857. They lived in a house on the Wesendonck estate under the patronage of the financier Otto von Wesendonck. While in Zurich he published various theoretical writings and composed Das Rheingold, Die Walküre and two acts of the opera Siegfried. While working on the Ring cycle, Wagner had fallen in love with Mathilde Wesendonck, the wife of his wealthy patron. The Ring Cycle work was interrupted in 1857 and not continued until 12 years later. He shifted his interest to a new subject, the love tragedy Tristan und Isolde. In an untenable situation in 1858 he moved first to Venice, then to Lucerne, Paris and Vienna.
Although he was composing what would become some of the most famous pieces in music history, Wagner struggled financially until 1864, when Ludwig II of Bavaria called him to Munich and began supporting him. So, in 1865 Tristan und Isolde and in 1868 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg were premiered in Munich. Already by 1866 Wagner had fallen into disfavour amongst members of the court, who were suspicious of his influence on the king. He left Munich and went to Tribschen (near Lucerne), where he married Cosima von Bülow in 1870, the daughter of his friend Franz Liszt, who always supported him humanly and artistically. Around that time Die Meistersinger was finished, and he worked steadily at the unfinished portion of Der Ring des Nibelungen and further evolved the intellectual framework for his towering mature masterpieces.
In 1872 Wagner, his wife and the three children Isolde, Eva and Siegfried settled in Bayreuth. Wagner was anxious to have a special Festival Theatre for the complete cycle and spent much energy trying to raise money for it. Finally, King Ludwig II provided the necessary support. In 1872 the cornerstone was laid on Bayreuth’s Green Hill and the opera house was built to his personal specifications and suited to the massive fusion of music, staging, text, and scene design that his later operas entailed. The first festival – an artistic triumph but a financial disaster – was held there in 1876, when the complete Ring was given conducted by Hans Richter. In 1882 the second Bayreuth Festival took place with sixteen performances of Parsifal under Hermann Levi, which were financially successful. After that, Wagner and his family who had already spent the winter in Italy for some years, went to Venice where he died on 13 February 1883 of the heart trouble that had been with him for some years.

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    Das Rheingold
    Der Ring des Nibelungen
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    Einzug der Götter in Walhall
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    Das Rheingold
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    Das Rheingold
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    Das Rheingold
    Reduzierte Besetzung von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Das Rheingold
    aus "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Vorabend
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    Das Rheingold
    The Nibelung's Ring (WWV 86) A Theatre Festival Play for Three Days and a Preliminary Evening (Vols. 10-13)
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    Das Rheingold
    The Nibelung's Ring (WWV 86) A Theatre Festival Play for Three Days and a Preliminary Evening (Vols. 10-13)
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    Dein ist das Reich
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    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Textbuch, Einführung und Kommentar (Fassung 1842-1880)
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Traft ihr das Schiff (Ballade der Senta)
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der fliegende Holländer
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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  23. Der fliegende Holländer
    Der fliegende Holländer
    Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen - Urfassung 1841
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen - Fassung 1842-1880
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Documents
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzügen (Fassung 1842 - 1880)
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    Der fliegende Holländer
    Romantische Oper in drei Aufzügen (Fassung 1842-1880)
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    Der fliegende Holländer
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    Der fliegende Holländer
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    Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63)
    Ouvertüre - Urfassung 1841
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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  31. Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63)
    Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63)
    Arie des Holländers
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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  32. Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63)
    Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63)
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    Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63)
    Ballade der Senta
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63)
    Matrosenchor
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der Minuten-Tristan für 12 Pianisten
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    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Vollständiger Text mit Notentafeln der Leitmotive
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Documents II
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Documents IIA
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der Ring des Nibelungen
    Documents I
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    Der Ritt der Walküren
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    Der Ritt der Walküren
    Composer: Richard Wagner
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    Der Vampyr
    Arie des Aubry (Nr. 15) "Wie ein schöner Frühlingsmorgen"
    Composer: Heinrich Marschner
    Arranger: Richard Wagner
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    Deux entreacts tragiques
    von Richard Wagner (1832)
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    Dich, teure Halle
    aus "Tannhäuser"
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Arranger: Karl Klindworth
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  45. Dich, teure Halle, grüß' ich wieder
    Dich, teure Halle, grüß' ich wieder
    Arie der Elisabeth aus "Tannhäuser"
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Johannes Doebber
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    Die Braut von Messina
    Ouverture für Orchester
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Arranger: Michael Rot
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    Die Feen
    Rezitativ, Szene und Arie der Ada
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Peter Jost
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    Die Feen
    Große romantische Oper in 3 Akten
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Peter Jost
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    Die Feen
    Große romantische Oper in 3 Akten
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Peter Jost
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    Die Feen
    Romantic Opera in 3 Acts
    Composer: Richard Wagner
    Editor: Peter Jost
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    Die Walküre
    Conductor: Jaap van Zweden
    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
    April 24, 2026 | Heerlen (Netherlands) , Theater
    Act I
  • Richard Wagner
    Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
    Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
    Orchestra: Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
    April 25, 2026 | Lisboa (Portugal) , Centro Cultural Belém
  • Richard Wagner
    Götterdämmerung
    Conductor: Frank Beermann
    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Kiel
    25. April 2026 | Kiel (Deutschland) , Opernhaus
  • Richard Wagner
    Die Walküre
    Conductor: Frank Beermann
    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Kiel
    25. April 2026 | Kiel (Deutschland) , Opernhaus
  • Richard Wagner
    Das Rheingold
    Conductor: Frank Beermann
    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Kiel
    25. April 2026 | Kiel (Deutschland) , Opernhaus
  • Richard Wagner
    Siegfried
    Conductor: Frank Beermann
    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Kiel
    25. April 2026 | Kiel (Deutschland) , Opernhaus
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    Meistersinger
    Conductor: Andreas Spering
    Orchestra: Brandenburger Sinfoniker
    April 25, 2026 | Brandenburg (Germany) , Technische Hochschule, Audimax
  • Richard Wagner
    Der fliegende Holländer
    Conductor: Benjamin Reiners
    April 25, 2026 | Chemnitz (Germany) , Opernhaus — First Night
  • Richard Wagner
    Die Walküre
    Conductor: Jaap van Zweden
    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
    April 25, 2026 | Antwerpen (Belgium) , Koningin Elisabethzaal
    Act I
  • Richard Wagner
    Die Walküre
    Conductor: Jaap van Zweden
    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra
    April 26, 2026 | Eindhoven (Netherlands) , Muziekgebouw
    Act I
  • Richard Wagner
    Lohengrin
    Conductor: Markus Stenz
    April 26, 2026 | Venezia (Italy) , Teatro La Fenice
  • Richard Wagner
    Fünf Gedichte
    Conductor: Artem Lonhinov
    April 26, 2026 | Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus — First Night
  • Richard Wagner
    Parsifal
    Conductor: Artem Lonhinov
    April 26, 2026 | Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus — First Night
    daraus: "Nur eine Waffe taugt"
  • Richard Wagner
    Die Walküre
    Conductor: Xu Zhong
    Orchestra: Suzhou Symphony Orchestra
    April 26, 2026 | Shanghai (China) , Grand Theatre
  • Richard Wagner
    Der fliegende Holländer (WWV 63)
    Conductor: Xu Zhong
    Orchestra: Suzhou Symphony Orchestra
    April 26, 2026 | Shanghai (China) , Grand Theatre
  • Richard Wagner
    Parsifal (WWV 111)
    Conductor: Xu Zhong
    Orchestra: Suzhou Symphony Orchestra
    April 26, 2026 | Shanghai (China) , Grand Theatre
  • Richard Wagner
    Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
    Conductor: Xu Zhong
    Orchestra: Suzhou Symphony Orchestra
    April 26, 2026 | Shanghai (China) , Grand Theatre
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