Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (/ˈvɑːɡnər/; German: [ˈʁiçaʁt ˈvaːɡnɐ] (About this sound listen); 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 later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. He described this vision in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these ideas most fully in the first half of the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). His compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas, or plot elements. His advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, greatly influenced the development of classical music. His Tristan und Isolde is sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Famously, he is known for Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied. The four parts that constitute the Ring cycle are, in sequence: Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) Siegfried Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) Wagner had his own opera house built, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which embodied many novel design features. The Ring and Parsifal were premiered here and his most important stage works continue to be performed at the annual Bayreuth Festival, run by his descendants. His thoughts on the relative contributions of music and drama in opera were to change again, and he reintroduced some traditional forms into his last few stage works, including Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg).
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(Music)
Tannhäuser
(Opera)
Nosferatu the Vampyre
(Music)
Hitler und der Wagner Clan
(Music)
A View from Space With Heavenly Music
(Music)
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
(Writer)
The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
(Writer)
The Ring Cycle: Siegfried
(Writer)
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
(Writer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
(Writer)
The Evil Forest
(Original Story)
The Evil Forest
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
(Writer)
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
(Music)
Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
(Script)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Writer)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Master-Singers of Nuremberg
(Compositor)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Master-Singers of Nuremberg
(Writer)
Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Die Walküre
(Writer)
Siegfried
(Writer)
Götterdämmerung
(Writer)
Lohengrin
(Writer)
Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur
(Music)
Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Wagner: Die Walküre
(Writer)
Siegfried
(Writer)
Götterdämmerung
(Writer)
The Flying Dutchman
(Original Story)
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
(Music)
Zizi
(Music)
Die Walküre
(Music)
Die Walküre
(Writer)
Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
(Music)
Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
(Lyricist)
Parsifal [The Metropolitan Opera]
(Compositor)
Parsifal [The Metropolitan Opera]
(Writer)
Wagner: Tannhäuser
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Tannhäuser
(Writer)
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
La verdadera victoria
(Original Music Composer)
Yo, Diablo
(Music)
Echo Sonata
(Music)
Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer
(Music)
Playing with Gods
(Music)
New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice
(Music)
Ludwig
(Music)
The Ring of the Nibelung: The tetralogy in one single evening with actors and marionettes
(Writer)
Tannhäuser
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Die Walküre
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Die Walküre
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner Die Walküre
(Screenplay)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Music)
Parsifal
(Original Music Composer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
Parsifal
(Writer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Der fliegende Holländer
(Original Music Composer)
Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
(Original Music Composer)
Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
(Writer)
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
(Original Music Composer)
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
(Writer)
Der fliegende Holländer
(Original Music Composer)
Der fliegende Holländer
(Writer)
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
(Original Music Composer)
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
(Writer)
Götterdämmerung
(Original Music Composer)
Die Walküre
(Original Music Composer)
Siegfried
(Original Music Composer)
Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
Tannhäuser
(Original Music Composer)
Parsifal
(Original Music Composer)
Parsifal
(Writer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
Götterdämmerung
(Original Music Composer)
Siegfried
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Die Walküre
(Original Music Composer)
Lohengrin
(Original Music Composer)
Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
(Original Music Composer)
The Ring Cycle: Siegfried
(Original Music Composer)
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
(Original Music Composer)
Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Die Walküre
(Original Music Composer)
Die Walküre
(Writer)
Siegfried
(Original Music Composer)
Siegfried
(Writer)
Götterdämmerung
(Original Music Composer)
Götterdämmerung
(Writer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Die Walküre
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Siegfried
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
(Original Music Composer)
Tristan Und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Parsifal
(Music)
Wagner: Parsifal
(Songs)
Wagner: Parsifal
(Lyricist)
Gott liebt ein menschliches Weib
(Idea)
Parsifal
(Writer)
Tannhauser
(Writer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Parsifal
(Writer)
Parsifal live at the Salzburg Easter Festival
(Writer)
Tristan Und Isolde
(Writer)
Lohengrin
(Writer)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Writer)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
(Writer)
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
(Writer)
Parsifal
(Original Music Composer)
Götterdämmerung
(Original Music Composer)
Götterdämmerung
(Writer)
Die Walküre
(Original Music Composer)
Die Walküre
(Writer)
Siegfried
(Original Music Composer)
Siegfried
(Writer)
The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
(Music)
Lohengrin
(Music)
The Flying Dutchman
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Roger D'Astous
(Music)
Romantici a Venezia
(Poem)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Writer)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Music)
Parsifal
(Music)
Parsifal
(Writer)
Tannhäuser
(Music)
Tannhäuser
(Writer)
Siegfried (Longborough Opera Festival 2022)
(Music)
Wagner - Das Rheingold (Deutsche Oper Berlin)
(Music)
Wagner - Das Rheingold (Deutsche Oper Berlin)
(Lyricist)
La Petite mort
(Music)
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
(Writer)
Ludwig II
(Music)
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
(Music)
Ming Green
(Music)
Richard Wagner - Die Götterdämmerung - Bayreuther Festspiele 2022
(Music)
Her Return
(Music)
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera
(Music)
Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera
(Writer)
First Last Man
(Adaptation)
RB&O Live 2024/25: Die Walküre
(Music)
The Little Chaos
(Music)
Lohengrin
(Writer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Music)
Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
(Music)
Maledictis
(Music)
One Man Band
(Music)
The Flying Dutchman
(Music)
Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Three Leaders
(Original Music Composer)
The Greatest Love of All Time
(Music)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Tristan and Isolde
(Music)
The Metropolitan Opera: Siegfried
(Original Music Composer)
Richard Wagner - Lohengrin
(Original Music Composer)
Das Liebesverbot
(Original Music Composer)
Das Liebesverbot
(Writer)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
(Original Music Composer)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
(Original Music Composer)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Writer)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Original Music Composer)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Writer)
Byeway
(Original Music Composer)
The Flying Dutchman: Teatro Real Madrid
(Music)
The Flying Dutchman: Teatro Real Madrid
(Writer)
Agi, the Fury of Evil
(Music)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Writer)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
(Writer)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Siegfried
(Writer)
Wagner: Siegfried
(Original Music Composer)
Wagner: Parsifal
(Original Music Composer)
Der Fliegende Holländer
(Original Music Composer)
The Opera House
(Music)
The Infinite Confinement
(Music)
Lohengrin
(Original Music Composer)
Lohengrin
(Writer)
Lohengrin
(Original Music Composer)
The Binocle
(Original Music Composer)
Mistress Berta Garlan
(Music)
Tristan und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
(Original Music Composer)
The Met - Tristan und Isolde
(Original Music Composer)
The Met - Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Tannhäuser
(Story)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman
(Lyricist)
The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman
(Music)
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold
(Writer)
Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov
(Music)
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie
(Writer)
The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie
(Music)
The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried
(Writer)
The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried
(Music)
The Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods
(Writer)
The Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods
(Music)
Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Green Scream
(Music)
The Metropolitan Opera: Das Rheingold
(Opera)
The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre
(Opera)
The Metropolitan Opera: Siegfried
(Opera)
The Metropolitan Opera: Götterdämmerung
(Opera)
Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
(Writer)
Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
(Writer)
Richard Wagner: Die Walküre - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
(Writer)
Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Die Walküre
(Writer)
Siegfried
(Writer)
Götterdämmerung
(Writer)
Tristan und Isolde
(Writer)
Lohengrin
(Writer)
WAGNER: TANNHÄUSER
(Writer)
Tannhäuser
(Writer)
Wagner: Das Rheingold
(Writer)
Lohengrin
(Writer)
Wagner: Lohengrin
(Writer)
Parsifal
(Writer)
This is Opera
(Original Music Composer)