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In 1848 [1] she married the silk merchant Otto Wesendonck. Otto was a great admirer of Wagner's music, and after he and Mathilde met the composer in Zurich in 1852, he placed a cottage on his estate at Wagner's disposal. By 1857, Wagner had become infatuated with Mathilde.
Mathilde Wesendonck and her husband venerate Wagner. While in Zurich, Wagner works on his new opera: “Tristan and Isolde”. Mathilde is turning from a loving mother into a muse of the new music. The whole city is talking about this Zurich liaison. credits. World Premiere. October 2021. Original Version.
Richard Wagner, who was wanted for his revolutionary activities in Dresden, met the married Mathilde Wesendonck while in exile in Switzerland, where her husband supported the fugitive financially. She became his beloved and muse, who inspired him to write his opera Tristan und Isolde.
Jan 1, 2021 · Mathilde Wesendonck and her husband, the silk-merchant Otto Wesendonck venerate Wagner. Mathilde is turning from a loving mother into a muse of the new music.
Her husband, Otto was a wealthy Zurich banker (Photo right: Wesendonk Villa Zurich) who became a real champion of Wagner’s music -even providing the Wagners with the Asyl, a small villa next to the mansion he was having built in a fashionable suburb.
At the age of 20 she married the thirteen year older, widowed, merchant Otto Wesendonck. The newlyweds moved to Zurich, a small city full of strangers. In January 1852 Otto and Mathilde met composer Richard Wagner at a concert in Zurich. Mathilde became an admirer of the small man.
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Feb 1, 2019 · The Zurich Affair - Wagner's One and Only Love: Directed by Jens Neubert. With Sophie Auster, Kevin Mike Minder, Joonas Saartamo, Julienne Pfeil. Richard Wagner is working on his new opera "Tristan and Isolde". Mathilde Wesendonck and her husband, the silk-merchant Otto Wesendonck venerate Wagner.
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