Richard Wagner

Known for SoundBorn 1813-05-22Died 1883-02-13Leipzig, Germany

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).Read more

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Echo Sonata

Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur

Siegfried

Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg

The Flying Dutchman

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde

One Man Band

Tristan und Isolde

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner

La verdadera victoria

Richard Wagner: Parsifal

This is Opera

The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre

Wagner: Tannhäuser

Wagner: Das Rheingold

Wagner: Die Walküre

Lohengrin

Maledictis

The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner

Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle

The Opera House

The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold

Agi, the Fury of Evil

Zizi

Götterdämmerung

Parsifal

Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold

Tristan und Isolde

Die Walküre

Tristan und Isolde

The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung

Mistress Berta Garlan

Der fliegende Holländer

Tristan und Isolde

Das Rheingold

Wagner: Siegfried

The Clock Stopped at Midnight

Siegfried

The Ring Cycle: Siegfried

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner

Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer

Manhattan Murder Mystery

New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice

Ludwig