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[[Image:Wagner.jpg|thumb|Richard Wagner]]
[[Image:Wagner.jpg|thumb|Richard Wagner]]
'''Richard Wagner''' (1813 - 1883) was a [[Germany|German]] [[opera]] composer whose strong popularity continued beyond his death. In [[Nazi Germany]] his works were very popular, oftentimes playing up his [[anti-semitic]] views. Wagner was involved in the 1848 [[Dresden Revolution]] and was forced to flee his native Germany for [[Switzerland]]. Many of his [[opera]]s are still performed today.
'''Richard Wagner''' (1813 - 1883) was a [[Germany|German]] [[opera]] composer whose strong popularity continued beyond his death. In [[Nazi Germany]] his works were very popular, oftentimes playing up his [[anti-semitic]] views. Many of his [[opera]]s are still performed today.
Wagner married Cosima Liszt, [[Franz Liszt]]'s daughter.
==Biography==
Wagner was involved in the failed 1848 Dresden Revolution, having written political tracts in its support, and was forced to flee his native Germany for [[Switzerland]]. After spending a short while in [[Vienna]] where his extravagant financial habits forced him to flee yet again, he found an ardent patron in King [[Ludwig II]] of Bavaria. Ludwig, who was obsessed with Wagner's music and likely with Wagner himself, paid off the composer's debts and eventually built an opera house at Bayreuth specially designed for performances of Wagner's operas.
Wagner married Cosima Liszt, [[Franz Liszt]]'s daughter.
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