Richard Wagner
conductor, composer

Richard Wagner

  • May 22, 1813 Leipzig (Germany) - February 13, 1883 Venice (Italy)

Biography

Richard Wagner, the master of Romantic opera

Richard Wagner has aroused both the most unyielding passions and the fiercest hatred alike. Quickly drawn to the world of theatre, in his childhood Wagner staged the mythological dramas he wrote and had his mother, brothers and sisters play their parts. He managed to accomplish great projects from his self-taught education. A choir master in 1833, a conductor in 1834, he composed his first operas in the great Germanic singspiel tradition.

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Arturo Toscanini conducts Wagner
Arturo Toscanini conducts Wagner

NBC Symphony Orchestra

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The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2007 Europakonzert — Berlin
The Berliner Philharmoniker's 2007 Europakonzert — Berlin

With Sir Simon Rattle, Lisa Batiashvili and Tru...

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Wagner's Götterdämmerung
Wagner's Götterdämmerung

Peter Konwitschny (stage director), Lothar Zagr...

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Wagner's Die Walküre
Wagner's Die Walküre

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Wagner's Das Rheingold
Wagner's Das Rheingold

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Wagner's Siegfried
Wagner's Siegfried

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Claudio Abbado conducts Wagner and Debussy — With Bryn Terfel
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Daniel Barenboim conducts Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann and Wagner
Daniel Barenboim conducts Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann and Wagner

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Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts Vivaldi, von Weber, Wagner and R. Strauss
Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts Vivaldi, von Weber, Wagner and R. Strauss

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Claudio Abbado conducts Wagner and Berlioz – With José Carreras
Claudio Abbado conducts Wagner and Berlioz – With José Carreras

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The Berliner Philharmoniker's 1992 Europakonzert — Madrid
The Berliner Philharmoniker's 1992 Europakonzert — Madrid

With Daniel Barenboim and Plácido Domingo

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Karajan at the Salzburg Festival 1987
Karajan at the Salzburg Festival 1987

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Philippe Jordan: Born to Conduct
Philippe Jordan: Born to Conduct

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Jean-Philippe Collard in a program around Liszt's B Minor Sonata
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Sir Georg Solti conducts Wagner, Strauss and Beethoven
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Manfred Honeck and Gábor Takács-Nagy conduct Beethoven and Wagner
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts Wagner, Berg and Mahler
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Wagner, Berg and Mahler

The London Philharmonic Orchestra

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Matti Salminen at sixty
Matti Salminen at sixty

A profile of Finnish bass

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Mariss Jansons conducts encores — With Vadim Repin
Mariss Jansons conducts encores — With Vadim Repin

Waldbühne 2002: A Night of Encores

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Nikolai Lugansky plays Rachmaninov, Brahms and Wagner
Nikolai Lugansky plays Rachmaninov, Brahms and Wagner

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James Levine conducts Strauss, Wagner, and Lincke — With Ben Heppner
James Levine conducts Strauss, Wagner, and Lincke — With Ben Heppner

Waldbühne 1999: A Romantic Opera Night

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The Berliner Philharmoniker's 1998 Europakonzert — Stockholm
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Introduction to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
Introduction to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen

Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele

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Erich Leinsdorf conducts Schubert, Schumann and Wagner
Erich Leinsdorf conducts Schubert, Schumann and Wagner

Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1962-1964

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