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Minna Planer was born on 5 September 1809 to a former Army trumpeter, Gotthelf Planer, in Oederan, Kingdom of Saxony. She was brought up in poverty and then at the age of fifteen was seduced by Ernst Rudolf von Einsiedel, a captain in the King of Saxony's Guards, who abandoned her after making her pregnant.
This biography of Minna Planer, Richard Wagner's wife of 30 years, reveals her as a self-assured woman and artist who was vital to her husband's creative life. When Richard Wagner first met Minna Planer in 1834, he was an unknown conductor, she a popular actress.
Biography. Wilhelmine, later mostly known as Minna, was born in 1809 in Oederan in the Kingdom of Saxony. At age 15 she was seduced, perhaps raped, [1] by a Ernst Rudolf von Einsiedel, a Saxon officer, leaving her with a daughter Natalie who was raised as her sister.
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- September 5, 1809
- Wilhelm Richard Wagner
- January 25, 1866
This biography of Minna Planer, Richard Wagner's wife of 30 years, reveals her as a self-assured woman and artist who was vital to her husband's creative life.When Richard Wagner first met Minna...
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Feb 19, 2024 · For decades, that was the received wisdom regarding Minna Planer, first wife to Richard Wagner. The reality was quite different, as Professor Dr Eva Rieger’s thorough and – thanks to Chris Walton’s excellent English translation – highly readable biography suggests.
This biography of Minna Planer, Richard Wagner's wife of thirty years, reveals her as a self-assured woman and artist who was vital to her husband's creative life.
