| Nationality: | Decidedly German |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
May 22, 1813 — Leipzig |
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Date & Place of Death: |
Feb. 13, 1883 — Venice |
| Near Family: | Father worked in the city police court; Mother: Johanna Rosina; Sister: Rosalie; Brother: Albert; Wife: Minna Planer (m. Nov.24, 1836); remarried: Cosmina Liszt - Franz Liszt's daughter (Aug. 25, 1870); Children: Isolde, Siegfried |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Dresden, Leipzig, Paris, Zurich, Triebschen(Switzerland), Bayreuth and Venice (among other places). |
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Vocation (including composition): |
Conductor/Music Director |
| Major Work(s): | Operas The Flying Dutchman(1843), Lohengrin(1848), Die Walküre(1856), Tristan und Isolde(1859), Gotterdämmerung(1874), The Ring Cycle(1876) and Parsi Fal(1882). |
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Interesting Facts: |
Wagner was a genius when it came to opera.
His personal life, however, was somthing entirely different.
Multiple affairs with married women, extravegent misspending
resulting in heavy financial loss (not dissimilar to
Mozart)
and extreme antisemitism were all contributors. Hitler once declared Wagner as Germany's national composer - he was a great admirer of the later. |
