Richard Wagner
composer

Richard Wagner

  • May 22, 1813 Leipzig, Germany - February 13, 1883 Venice, Italy

Biography

Richard Wagner, the master of Romantic opera

Richard Wagner has aroused both the most unyielding passions and the fiercest hatred alike. Quickly drawn to the world of theatre, in his childhood Wagner staged the mythological dramas he wrote and had his mother, brothers and sisters play their parts. He managed to accomplish great projects from his self-taught education. A choir master in 1833, a conductor in 1834, he composed his first operas in the great Germanic singspiel tradition.

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Wagner's Das Rheingold
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Wagner's Das Rheingold

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

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Nobuyuki Tsujii in recital
Nobuyuki Tsujii in recital

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Marin Alsop conducts Wagner, Szymanowski, and Prokofiev — With Ewa Tracz
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Master class with Marin Alsop
Master class with Marin Alsop

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Gustavo Dudamel conducts Bizet, de Falla, Golijov, Britten, Adams, Wagner, Strauss, and Verdi
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Sergey Smbatyan conducts Wagner and Shor — With Alexander Kniazev and Mikhail Pletnev
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Christian Thielemann conducts Bruckner
Christian Thielemann conducts Bruckner

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Susanna Mälkki conducts Debussy, Schubert, and Wagner
Susanna Mälkki conducts Debussy, Schubert, and Wagner

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100 Years of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
100 Years of the Los Angeles Philharmonic

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Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage director), Daniel Bar...

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Wagner, Bartók, and Haydn – With Denis Kozhukhin
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Crazy for Opera: backstage at the Bavarian State Opera
Crazy for Opera: backstage at the Bavarian State Opera

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Behzod Abduraimov plays Liszt, Schubert, and Prokofiev
Behzod Abduraimov plays Liszt, Schubert, and Prokofiev

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Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser

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Daniel Harding conducts Wagner, Benjamin, and Brahms — With Bejun Mehta
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Wagner's Parsifal
Wagner's Parsifal

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Sol Gabetta plays Elgar's Cello Concerto
Sol Gabetta plays Elgar's Cello Concerto

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Wagner's Tannhäuser
Wagner's Tannhäuser

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Mariss Jansons conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra — With Janine Jansen, Thomas Hampson and Lang Lang
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Wagner's Rienzi
Wagner's Rienzi

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Daniel Barenboim conducts Verdi, Wagner, Haddad, and Czernowin
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The 2013 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert
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The 2013 Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert
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Karajan, The Second Life
Karajan, The Second Life

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Pierre Boulez conducts Wagner and Liszt – With Daniel Barenboim
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Karajan, or Beauty As I See It
Karajan, or Beauty As I See It

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