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Richard Wagner
Country of origin:
Germany
Birthday:
May 22, 1813
Date of death:
February 13, 1883
Upcoming Performances
Der Ring ohne Worte
Conductor: Christoph König
Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE
April 16, 2026 |
Madrid (Spain) , Teatro Monumental
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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An orchestral tributeComposer: Henk de Vlieger | Richard WagnerArranger: Henk de VliegerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
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from "Lohengrin"Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Charles WoodhouseMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Piano conductor and partsSeries: Hawkes School Series, HSS 23
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Lied des Steuermanns aus der Oper: "Der fliegende Holländer"Composer: Richard WagnerSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
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Matrosenchor aus "Der fliegende Holländer"Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Heinrich PoosEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: men's choir (TTBB) and orchestra or piano (4 hands)Product number: ED 7151-01Product TypeIn stockAs low as €2.99Incl. Tax
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Matrosenchor aus "Der fliegende Holländer"Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Heinrich PoosMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score, (= piano part)Instrumentation: men's choir (TTBB) and piano (4 hands)Language: GermanProduct number: ED 7151Print editionPrint editionIn stock€11.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
in a transcription for piano by Glenn GouldSeries: The Virtuoso Piano Transcription Series, Vol. 7
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Walthers Preislied aus der Ober "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Wilhelm LutzSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
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from: The Master-Singers of NurembergComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFProduct number: ED 21129 Q47411E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
Walthers Preislied aus "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Johannes DoebberMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: Operngesänge, 249
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II. Bild: Charfreitags-ZauberComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Joseph RubinsteinSeries: Schott Archive
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für gemischten Chor und OrchesterComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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aus "Tannhäuser"Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Karl Klindworth | Wilhelm LutzSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
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aus der Oper "Tannhäuser"Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 21333 Q13046E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Peter JostMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and critical report, complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 18/III
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Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Egon VossMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and critical report, complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 18/II
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Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Egon VossMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and critical report, complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 18/I
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zu Raupachs (historischem) Trauerspiel "König Enzio"Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Egon VossMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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aus dem Film „LARRY FLINT – DIE NACKTE WAHRHEIT“Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 20045 Q556178E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
for orchestraComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Egon VossMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Richard KleinmichelSeries: Edition Schott
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from his stage works by H.v. Bülow, K. Klindworth, F. Liszt, J. Raff, J. Rubinstein, H. RuppProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €39.99Incl. Tax -
Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen GralProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €7.99Incl. Tax -
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from the new Complete EditionComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Martin Geck | Egon VossEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Parsifal
Instrumentation: solo parts, choir and orchestraProduct number: ETP 8058Product TypeIn stockAs low as €59.99Incl. Tax -
Einführung und KommentarComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Kurt PahlenEdition: LibrettoSeries: Operas of the world
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Parsifal
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Prelude to the Sacred DramaComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Egon VossEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Parsifal
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VorspielComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Engelbert HumperdinckInstrumentation: piano (4 hands)Product number: ED0 107Product TypeIn stockAs low as €4.99Incl. Tax -
Symphonic synthesis in 3 movementsComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Pedro HalffterMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Vorspiel des 1. Aufzuges mit angefügtem Schluss des 3. AufzugesComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Individual part, Violin IISeries: Parsifal
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Vorspiel des 1. Aufzuges mit angefügtem Schluss des 3. AufzugesComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Individual part, ViolaSeries: Parsifal
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Vorspiel des 1. Aufzuges mit angefügtem Schluss des 3. AufzugesComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Individual part, Violin ISeries: Parsifal
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KarfreitagszauberComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Nikolaj KasanliMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
VorspielComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Nikolaj KasanliMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Prelude with concert and stage ending as well as the enclosed ending of the 3rd actHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Fassung mit reduzierter Bläserbesetzung von Alfons AbbassComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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An orchestral questComposer: Henk de Vlieger | Richard WagnerArranger: Henk de VliegerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Ein Bühnenweihfestspiel in drei AktenComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Martin Geck | Egon VossMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
DocumentsComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Martin Geck | Egon VossMedia Type: BookEdition: complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 30
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Ein Bühnenweihfestspiel in 3 AufzügenComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Martin Geck | Egon VossMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score, complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 14/I
Parsifal, Vol. 14/I
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Good Friday MusicComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Parsifal
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Ein BühnenweihfestspielComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: BookEdition: LibrettoSeries: Parsifal
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Vorspiel zum dritten AufzugComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Martin Geck | Egon VossMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
KarfreitagszauberHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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KarfreitagszauberComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Verwandlungsmusik und Schluss-Szene des ersten AktesComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Vorspiel für OrchesterHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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constructed by Andrew GourlayComposer: Andrew Gourlay | Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
Performances
Der fliegende Holländer
Conductor: Benjamin Reiners
13. Juni 2026 |
Chemnitz (Deutschland) , Opernhaus
Fünf Gedichte
Conductor: Artem Lonhinov
June 20, 2026 |
Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus
Parsifal
Conductor: Artem Lonhinov
June 20, 2026 |
Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus
daraus: "Nur eine Waffe taugt"
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductor: Felix Bender
June 21, 2026 |
Ulm (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductor: Felix Bender
June 27, 2026 |
Ulm (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus
Fünf Gedichte
Conductor: Artem Lonhinov
June 28, 2026 |
Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus
Parsifal
Conductor: Artem Lonhinov
June 28, 2026 |
Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus
daraus: "Nur eine Waffe taugt"
Die Walküre
Conductor: Axel Kober
Orchestra: Orkiestra Opery Bałtyckiej w Gdańsku
July 2, 2026 |
Sopot (Poland) , Opera Lesna
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductor: Felix Bender
July 5, 2026 |
Ulm (Germany) , Theater, Großes Haus
Die Walküre
Conductor: Axel Kober
Orchestra: Orkiestra Opery Bałtyckiej w Gdańsku
July 5, 2026 |
Sopot (Poland) , Opera Lesna
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
July 26, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus — First Night
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
August 3, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
August 8, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus
Iphigenia in Aulis
Conductor: Michael Hofstetter
Orchestra: Thüringer Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach
August 12, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Friedrichsforum
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
August 14, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
August 17, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
August 19, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
August 22, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
August 24, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus
Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann
Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
August 26, 2026 |
Bayreuth (Germany) , Festspielhaus
