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Wilhelm Richar Wagner (22 May 1813, Leipzig, Germany - 13 February 1883, Venice, Italy) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later called). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote the scenario and libretto for his works.

Trivia about wagner

  • This composer of the opera "Siegfried" named his only son Siegfried
  • Tenor Heinrich Vogl created the roles of Loge in "Das Rheingold" & Siegmund in "Die Walkure" by this composer
  • He wrote Brunhilde's immolation, opera's longest aria of nearly 15 minutes
  • He concluded his "Ring" cycle with "The Twilight of the Gods" in 1874
  • Kathleen Battle's debut with the Metropolitan Opera was as the shepherd in this composer's "Tannhauser"
  • Guinness says the longest commonly performed opera is his "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"
  • Kirsten Flagstad was famous for lending her soprano voice to the works of this "Parsifal" composer
  • In 1874, after more than 20 years, he finally completed his entire "Ring" cycle with "The Twilight of the Gods"
  • Cosima, Liszt's daughter with a countess who wrote under the pen name Daniel Stern, married this "Ring" cyclist
  • In 1874 he moved into his Bayreuth home, Wahnfried, which means "peace from illusion"
  • "Twilight of the Gods" is the last part of this composer's "Ring" cycle
  • We hope that Liszt was on the guest list when his daughter Cosima married this "Die Walkure" composer in 1870
  • This composer's Nibelungs stopped working Feb. 13, 1883
  • His "Siegfried Idyll", composed in 1870, featured themes from his "Siegfried" opera, which hadn't yet been produced
  • The Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Germany was built as a place for this composer to stage his operas
  • He was upset Liszt sent him a "shop copy" of a symphony when he sent Liszt a nice bound copy of "Lohengrin"
  • His opera "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" was inspired by Hans Sachs, who wrote more than 4,200 Meisterlieder
  • The first music the Chicago Symphony played was this German opera master's little-known "A Faust Overture"
  • While writing "Tannhauser", he also wrote a funeral cantata for C.M. von Weber who'd been dead 18 years
  • Neitzsche was a close friend of this "Parsifal" composer, but later things went sour between them
  • This composer had 2 tubas designed to his specification for use in the "Ring" cycle
  • In 1864 this opera composer wrote an "Homage March" for brass band to honor his patron King Ludwig
  • (Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center.) In the 2011-2012 season, the Met is using new modernized staging to present all four operas in this composer's "Ring" cycle
  • This opera composer's art really took off with 1843's "The Flying Dutchman"
  • 19th century composer whose work is heard here
  • This name of a great opera composer could be anglicized as Wainwright

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