Biography
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).
Filmography
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Movies 150
Writer 91
TV Shows 1
self 1
Screenplay 1
Echo Sonata (2023)
Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold (2023)
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023 (2023)
Maledictis (2023)
Playing with Gods (2022)
New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice (2022)
Parsifal (2021)
Yo, Diablo (2021)
The Infinite Confinement (2020)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman (2020)
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre (2019)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2018)
The Binocle (2018)
Lohengrin (2018)
The Flying Dutchman: Teatro Real Madrid (2018)
The Opera House (2017)
Wagner: Die Walküre (2017)
La Petite mort (2017)
Wagner: Parsifal (2017)
Gott liebt ein menschliches Weib (2016)
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde (2016)
Parsifal (2016)
The Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods (2016)
The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried (2016)
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie (2016)
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold (2016)
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde (2016)
Richard Wagner - Lohengrin (2016)
Roger D'Astous (2016)
Das Liebesverbot (2016)
Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov (2016)
Wagner: Tannhäuser (2015)
Tristan Und Isolde (2015)
This is Opera (2015)
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (2015)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (2014)
Tannhauser (2014)
Tannhäuser (2014)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (2014)
Byeway (2014)
Wagner: Siegfried (2014)
Wagner: Die Walküre (2013)
Wagner: Das Rheingold (2013)
The Ring of the Nibelung: The tetralogy in one single evening with actors and marionettes (2013)
Parsifal live at the Salzburg Easter Festival (2013)
Hitler und der Wagner Clan (2013)
The Metropolitan Opera: Das Rheingold (2013)
Parsifal (2013)
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (2013)
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti (2012)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2012)
The Metropolitan Opera: Götterdämmerung (2012)
The Metropolitan Opera: Siegfried (2011)
Lohengrin (2011)
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Walküre (2011)
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre (2011)
Parsifal (2011)
Wagner: Siegfried (2010)
Wagner: Die Walküre (2010)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (2010)
Wagner: Das Rheingold (2010)
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen (2010)
Der fliegende Holländer (2010)
Wagner: Lohengrin (2009)
Wagner: Das Rheingold (2009)
Tannhäuser (2009)
Tristan Und Isolde (2009)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (2008)
Die Walküre (2008)
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera (2008)
The Met - Tristan und Isolde (2008)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (2008)
Tristan und Isolde (2007)
Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur (2007)
Wagner Die Walküre (2007)
Wagner: Parsifal (2007)
A View from Space With Heavenly Music (2006)
Götterdämmerung (2006)
Das Rheingold (2006)
Die Walküre (2006)
Siegfried (2006)
Lohengrin (2006)
Parsifal (2005)
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser (2004)
Götterdämmerung (2004)
Die Walküre (2004)
Siegfried (2004)
Das Rheingold (2003)
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg (2001)
Tannhäuser (2000)
Tristan und Isolde (1999)
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick (1999)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1999)
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail (1998)
Tristan und Isolde (1995)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1995)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1993)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Richard Wagner: Parsifal (1993)
The Ring Cycle: Siegfried (1992)
The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure (1992)
Parsifal [The Metropolitan Opera] (1992)
The Flying Dutchman (1992)
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold (1991)
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung (1991)
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival (1990)
Götterdämmerung (1990)
Das Rheingold (1990)
Siegfried (1990)
Die Walküre (1990)
Lohengrin (1990)
Mistress Berta Garlan (1989)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1988)
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos (1986)
Lohengrin (1986)
Der fliegende Holländer (1985)
Agi, the Fury of Evil (1984)
Tristan und Isolde (1983)
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser (1982)
Zizi (1982)
Parsifal (1982)
Wagner: Das Rheingold (1980)
Wagner: Die Walküre (1980)
Siegfried (1980)
Götterdämmerung (1980)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle (1978)
Wagner: Das Rheingold (1978)
The Greatest Love of All Time (1977)
Trisztán (1976)
Her Return (1975)
Der Fliegende Holländer (1975)
Tristan und Isolde (1973)
Ludwig (1973)
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
Tristan and Isolde (1970)
Ming Green (1966)
The Flying Dutchman (1964)
Ludwig II (1955)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner (1951)
Parsifal (1951)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner (1948)
Lohengrin (1948)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner (1948)
Romantici a Venezia (1948)
Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer (1944)
La verdadera victoria (1944)
Overture: Tannhäuser (1926)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Tannhäuser (1913)
Richard Wagner. Diario veneziano della sinfonia ritrovata.
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GenderMale
Birthday1813-05-22
Deathday1883-02-13 (69 years old)
Birth NameWilhelm Richard Wagner
Birth PlaceLeipzig, Germany
ReligionLutheranism
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ChildrenIsolde Wagner, Siegfried Wagner
FatherCarl Friedrich Wagner
MotherJohanna Rosina Wagner-Geyer
SiblingsRosalie Wagner, Ottilie Brockhaus, Cäcilie Avenarius, Albert Wagner, Louise Wagner
RelativesFranziska Wagner
CitizenshipsKingdom of Saxony
AwardsBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
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