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Richard Wagner
Country of origin:
Germany
Birthday:
May 22, 1813
Date of death:
February 13, 1883
Upcoming Performances
Parsifal Suite
Conductor: Huang Yi
Orchestra: Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra
April 18, 2026 |
Hangzhou (China) , Grand Theatre — National Premiere
Tristan und Isolde
Conductor: Simon Crawford-Phillips
Orchestra: University of Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
April 18, 2026 |
Göteborg (Sweden) , Artisten Koncertsal
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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Waldweben (zum Konzertvortrag)Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hermann ZumpeEdition: Individual part, CelloSeries: Siegfried
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Waldweben (zum Konzertvortrag)Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hermann ZumpeEdition: Individual part, ViolaSeries: Siegfried
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Waldweben (zum Konzertvortrag)Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hermann ZumpeEdition: Individual part, Violin IISeries: Siegfried
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Waldweben (zum Konzertvortrag)Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hermann ZumpeEdition: Individual part, Violin ISeries: Siegfried
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Waldweben (zum Konzertvortrag)Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hermann ZumpeEdition: Wind partsSeries: Siegfried
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WaldwebenComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hermann ZumpeEdition: ScoreSeries: Edition Schott
Siegfried
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Der Ring des NibelungenComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Klaus Doege | Egon VossMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
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WaldwebenComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Nikolaj KasanliMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Der Ring des NibelungenComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Klaus Doege | Egon VossMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
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Der Ring des NibelungenComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Klaus Doege | Klaus Doege | Egon Voss | Egon VossMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Version with reduced wind instruments by Alfons AbbassComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Reduzierte Besetzung von Gotthold Ephraim LessingComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
aus "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Zweiter TagComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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The Nibelung's Ring (WWV 86) A Theatre Festival Play for Three Days and a Preliminary Evening (Vols. 10-13)Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Klaus Doege | Egon VossMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and critical report, complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 12/III
Siegfried, Vol. 12/III
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The Nibelung's Ring (WWV 86) A Theatre Festival Play for Three Days and a Preliminary Evening (Vols. 10-13)Composer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score, complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 12/II
Siegfried, Vol. 12/II
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The Nibelung's Ring (WWV 86) A Theatre Festival Play for Three Days and a Preliminary Evening (Vols. 10-13)Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Klaus Doege | Annette OppermannMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score, complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 12/I
Siegfried, Vol. 12/I
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Der Ring des NibelungenComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: BookEdition: LibrettoLanguage: FrenchProduct number: BN 3922-50BookBookIn stock€9.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Siegfrieds SchmelzliedComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Siegfrieds HämmerliedComposer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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transcribed for organ by Edwin H. LemareProduct TypeIn stockAs low as €6.99Incl. Tax -
in a piano transcription by Glenn GouldSeries: The Virtuoso Piano Transcription Series, Vol. 5
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Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Peter JostEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
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Composer: Richard WagnerEdition: Individual part, Double BassSeries: Siegfried-Idyll
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Composer: Richard WagnerEdition: Individual part, CelloSeries: Siegfried-Idyll
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Composer: Richard WagnerEdition: Individual part, ViolaSeries: Siegfried-Idyll
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Composer: Richard WagnerEdition: Individual part, Violin IISeries: Siegfried-Idyll
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Composer: Richard WagnerEdition: Individual part, Violin ISeries: Siegfried-Idyll
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Composer: Richard WagnerEdition: Wind partsSeries: Siegfried-Idyll
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Composer: Richard WagnerEdition: ScoreSeries: Edition Schott
Siegfried-Idyll
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für kleines OrchesterComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Nikolaj KasanliMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material -
Composer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Miniature scoreInstrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ZO 6501340Print editionPrint editionOut of stock€10.95Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Composer: Richard WagnerMedia Type: Sheet music with CDEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Audio+Score
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aus GötterdämmerungComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Otto SingerInstrumentation: 2 pianos (4 hands)Product number: ED0 2176Product TypeIn stockAs low as €9.99Incl. Tax -
from the Valkyrie by Richard WagnerComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Carl TausigMedia Type: E-score PDFProduct number: ED 23307 Q53318E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
"Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond"Product TypeIn stockAs low as €4.99Incl. Tax -
Siegmund's love songComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Carsten GerlitzMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 23321 Q53640E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
für OrchesterComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Egon VossMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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für OrchesterComposer: Richard WagnerEditor: Egon VossMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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from: “Tannhäuser”Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFProduct number: ED 22975 Q47724E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
from: TannhäuserComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFProduct number: ED 21129 Q47409E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
from the opera "Tannhäuser"Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Wolfgang BirtelMedia Type: E-score PDFProduct number: ED 21563 Q40314E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Richard WagnerEditor: Seiichiro SatoMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: OriginaltonartenInstrumentation: voice and pianoLanguage: GermanProduct number: ZO 5000851Print editionPrint editionIn stock€33.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Sailor's Chorus from: The Flying DutchmanComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Wolfgang BirtelMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: ED 22873 Q53877E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
from: The Flying DurchmanComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Kristin ThielemannMedia Type: E-score PDFProduct number: ED 22323-50 Q41878E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€3.99Incl. Tax -
Sailor's song from "The Flying Dutchman"Composer: Richard WagnerEdition: Choral scoreSeries: Schott Choral Music
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Chor der norwegischen Matrosen aus "Der fliegende Holländer"Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Heinrich PoosEdition: Choral scoreInstrumentation: men's choir (TTBB) and piano (4 hands)Product number: ED 7152-01Product TypeIn stockAs low as €2.99Incl. Tax -
from the opera "Der fliegende Holländer”Composer: Richard WagnerArranger: Wilfried FischerMedia Type: E-score PDFLanguage: GermanProduct number: ED 23067 Q48995E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax -
from: The Flying DutchmanComposer: Richard WagnerArranger: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFProduct number: ED 21129 Q47408E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax -
Chor der norwegischen Matrosen 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 7152Print editionPrint editionIn stock€13.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Documents and Texts to unfulfilled operasAuthor: Richard WagnerEditor: Egon VossMedia Type: BookEdition: complete editionSeries: Richard Wagner - Complete Works, Vol. 31
Language: GermanProduct number: RWA 231BookBookIn stock€270.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
