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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Richard_WagnerRichard Wagner - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Wilhelm Richard Wagner (/ ˈ v ɑː ɡ n ər / VAHG-nər; German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] ⓘ; 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 mature works were later known, "music dramas").

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3. www.roh.org.uk › people › richard-wagnerRichard Wagner - Royal Opera House

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   6 days ago · Richard Wagner (1813–83) was one of the most significant figures in the history of opera. Through his music dramas he introduced extraordinary innovations that transformed the course of music. His works remain an exhilarating challenge for any opera house, none more so than his 15-hour four-opera epic Der Ring des Nibelungen .

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   3 days ago · James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Today’s leading Wagnerian tenor, Johan Botha, ta...

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   How many operas did Richard Wagner write?

   • Richard Wagner's works for the stage, representing more than 50 years of creative life, comprise his 13 completed operas and a similar number of failed or abandoned projects.His first effort, begun when he was 13, was a prose drama, Leubald, but thereafter all his works were conceived as some form of musical drama.It has been suggested that Wagner's wish to add incidental music to Leubald, in ...

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   Did Richard Wagner create great operas?

   • Richard Wagner wrote dramatic operas and expressive musical works that had a revolutionary impact on the course of Western music, either as a result of or in opposition to his discoveries. Which Musical Technique Did Wagner Use In His Operas?

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   How did Richard Wagner contribute to operatic history?

   • Richard Wagner’s Contribution to Opera. Richard Wagner is considered as the greatest German composer of opera. He wrote both the scenario and the libretto of his operas; and more than that he is also a conductor, theatre director and essayist.

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6. hancockartists.com › 2024/05/27 › an-epic-opera-inAn Epic Opera in Bendigo: Wagner’s ‘Monumental’ Ring Cycle ...

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   2 days ago · The sheer scale is astonishing: Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungen, affectionately known as the Ring Cycle, is a four-opera retelling of a grand Nordic myth that spans about 15 hours. It features an orchestra of nearly a hundred and recounts a story that moves from the depths of the Rhine to the halls of Valhalla. Warwick Fyfe, Wotan

7. www.historytools.org › stories › the-vienna-stateThe Vienna State Opera: A Monument to Music - History Tools

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   2 days ago · Richard Strauss‘ "Der Rosenkavalier" (1911) Renowned composers and conductors also held posts at the Vienna State Opera. Gustav Mahler served as director from 1897-1907, revolutionizing the staging of operas like Wagner‘s Ring Cycle. His successor was Felix Weingartner, followed by Richard Strauss and Clemens Krauss.

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9. www.artsjournal.com › uq › 2024The Met’s “Worst Ever” Carmen and What To Do About It

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   16 hours ago · Heilige Kunst seemed, if not discredited, clouded with questions the loudest of which afflicted the operas of Richard Wagner. My own first exposure came at the Bayreuth festival of 1977 – about which I have written extensively (having been sent by the New York Times ).

10. www.gramilano.com › 2024 › 05La Scala announces its 2024-2025 Opera Season

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    16 hours ago · La Scala in Milan has announced it's opera programming for the 2024-2025 season. The inaugural title of the 2024-2025 season, La forza del destino – one of Verdi's most important and complex works – has surprisingly never been featured on the 7th of December opening night. The Ring des Nibelungen returns to La Scala with two of the operas ...