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Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) was a 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 operas are still performed today.
Wagner married Cosima Liszt, Franz Liszt daughter.
Famous Works
- Rienzi (1840)
- Der Fliegende Hollander (1841)
- Tannhauser (1844)
- Lohengrin (1848)
- Der Rings des Nibelungen (1853-1854)
- Das Rheingold (1853-1854)
- Siegfried (1856-1859)
- Tristan und Isolde (1859)
- Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (1868)
- Die Gotterdammerung (1874)
- Parisfal (1882) (Last Opera)
See Also
External links
Sources
- The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989