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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).
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1813-05-22
- event Death Date 1883-02-13
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Richard Wagner
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Manhattan Murder Mystery
1993-05-02
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Tannhäuser
1913-07-14
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Nosferatu the Vampyre
1979-01-17
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Hitler und der Wagner Clan
2013-04-07
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A View from Space With Heavenly Music
2006-06-06
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The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
1991-07-15
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The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
1992-06-15
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The Ring Cycle: Siegfried
1992-07-03
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The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
1991-07-04
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
1980-08-12
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
2015-02-24
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The Evil Forest
1951-12-21
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The Evil Forest
1951-12-21
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Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
2016-07-08
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Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
2016-07-08
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Lohengrin: Opera romantica in tre atti
2012-12-07
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
2009-11-16
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Master-Singers of Nuremberg
2014-12-13
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Master-Singers of Nuremberg
2014-12-13
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Das Rheingold
2003-08-02
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Die Walküre
2004-04-19
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Siegfried
2004-03-28
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Götterdämmerung
2004-06-14
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Lohengrin
1990-01-01
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Proust ou les Intermittences du cœur
2007-09-24
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Das Rheingold
1990-04-23
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Wagner: Die Walküre
1980-08-12
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Siegfried
1980-08-12
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Götterdämmerung
1980-08-12
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The Flying Dutchman
1964-12-25
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Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
2023-07-29
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Zizi
1982-08-04
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Die Walküre
2008-11-06
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Die Walküre
2008-11-06
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Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
2023-09-24
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Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
2023-09-24
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Parsifal [The Metropolitan Opera]
1992-03-28
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Parsifal [The Metropolitan Opera]
1992-03-28
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
2015-10-31
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
2015-10-31
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The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
2016-10-08
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La verdadera victoria
1944-03-07
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Yo, Diablo
2021-10-28
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Echo Sonata
2023-11-26
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Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer
1944-08-17
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Playing with Gods
2022-09-18
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New Year's Concert 2022 from the Teatro La Fenice
2022-01-01
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Ludwig
1973-03-07
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The Ring of the Nibelung: The tetralogy in one single evening with actors and marionettes
2013-08-22
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Tannhäuser
2014-04-01
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Wagner: Die Walküre
2013-11-04
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
2013-09-02
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Tristan und Isolde
1995-07-03
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Tristan und Isolde
1983-10-01
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Wagner: Die Walküre
2017-04-05
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Wagner Die Walküre
2007-07-05
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1999-06-30
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Parsifal
2011-02-20
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Tristan und Isolde
1973-07-07
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Parsifal
2021-12-26
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Tristan und Isolde
2007-12-07
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Tristan und Isolde
2007-12-07
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Der fliegende Holländer
2010-02-25
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Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
1978-07-10
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Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
1978-07-10
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Richard Wagner: Parsifal
1993-04-07
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Richard Wagner: Parsifal
1993-04-07
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Der fliegende Holländer
1985-01-01
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Der fliegende Holländer
1985-01-01
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Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
2004-11-16
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Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
2004-11-16
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Götterdämmerung
2004-06-14
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Die Walküre
2004-04-19
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Siegfried
2004-03-28
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Das Rheingold
2003-08-02
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The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold
1991-07-15
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Tannhäuser
2009-10-19
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Parsifal
1982-04-30
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Parsifal
1982-04-30
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
1980-08-12
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Götterdämmerung
1980-08-12
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Siegfried
1980-08-12
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Wagner: Die Walküre
1980-08-12
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Lohengrin
1990-01-01
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Das Rheingold
1990-04-23
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The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
1992-06-15
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The Ring Cycle: Siegfried
1992-07-03
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The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
1991-07-04
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Das Rheingold
2006-05-31
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Das Rheingold
2006-05-31
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Die Walküre
2006-05-31
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Die Walküre
2006-05-31
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Siegfried
2006-05-31
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Siegfried
2006-05-31
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Götterdämmerung
2006-05-31
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Götterdämmerung
2006-05-31
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
2009-11-16
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Wagner: Die Walküre
2010-10-11
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Wagner: Siegfried
2010-10-11
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
2010-10-11
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Tristan Und Isolde
2015-08-07
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Wagner: Parsifal
2017-01-01
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Wagner: Parsifal
2017-01-01
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Wagner: Parsifal
2017-01-01
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Gott liebt ein menschliches Weib
2016-11-08
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Parsifal
2011-02-20
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Tannhauser
2014-08-12
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Tristan und Isolde
1983-10-01
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Parsifal
2013-03-02
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Parsifal live at the Salzburg Easter Festival
2013-07-29
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Tristan Und Isolde
2009-08-01
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Lohengrin
2011-08-14
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2008-11-09
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
1993-12-18
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Tristan und Isolde
1995-07-03
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Parsifal: The Search for the Grail
1998-07-08
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Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
2001-12-08
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Parsifal
2013-03-02
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Götterdämmerung
1990-05-05
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Götterdämmerung
1990-05-05
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Die Walküre
1990-02-23
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Die Walküre
1990-02-23
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Siegfried
1990-02-23
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Siegfried
1990-02-23
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The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde
2016-10-08
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The Man Who Would Be Kubrick
1999-09-04
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Lohengrin
1909-01-27
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The Flying Dutchman
1992-02-13
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
1978-05-31
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
1978-05-31
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Roger D'Astous
2016-03-11
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Romantici a Venezia
1948-01-01
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1988-10-14
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1988-10-14
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Parsifal
2005-03-19
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Parsifal
2005-03-19
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Tannhäuser
2000-05-30
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Tannhäuser
2000-05-30
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Siegfried (Longborough Opera Festival 2022)
2022-08-19
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Wagner - Das Rheingold (Deutsche Oper Berlin)
2021-11-01
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Wagner - Das Rheingold (Deutsche Oper Berlin)
2021-11-01
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La Petite mort
2017-02-28
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The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
1982-12-20
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Ludwig II
1955-01-14
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Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972-06-22
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Ming Green
1966-11-23
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Richard Wagner - Die Götterdämmerung - Bayreuther Festspiele 2022
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Her Return
1975-02-11
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Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera
2008-04-08
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Lohengrin: Bayreuth Festival Opera
2008-04-08
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First Last Man
2022-01-04
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RB&O Live 2024/25: Die Walküre
2025-05-14
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The Little Chaos
1966-12-02
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Lohengrin
2006-01-01
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Tristan und Isolde
2023-04-09
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Tristan und Isolde
2023-04-09
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Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos
1986-07-04
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Maledictis
2023-03-04
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One Man Band
1965-01-01
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The Flying Dutchman
1964-12-25
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Royal Opera House 2023/24: Das Rheingold
2023-09-24
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Three Leaders
2004-07-23
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The Greatest Love of All Time
1977-01-01
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018-09-11
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018-09-11
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
2010-10-09
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
2010-10-09
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Tristan and Isolde
1970-01-23
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The Metropolitan Opera: Siegfried
2011-11-05
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Richard Wagner - Lohengrin
2016-05-22
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Das Liebesverbot
2016-02-19
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Das Liebesverbot
2016-02-19
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
1948-12-04
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
1948-03-20
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Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
1951-12-29
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1999-06-30
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1995-05-01
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1995-05-01
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Byeway
2014-02-17
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The Flying Dutchman: Teatro Real Madrid
2018-01-19
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The Flying Dutchman: Teatro Real Madrid
2018-01-19
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Agi, the Fury of Evil
1984-12-04
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2012-09-02
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
2012-09-02
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
2014-03-03
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
2014-03-03
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Wagner: Siegfried
2014-01-06
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Wagner: Siegfried
2014-01-06
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Wagner: Parsifal
2007-01-01
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Der Fliegende Holländer
1975-01-01
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The Opera House
2017-10-01
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The Infinite Confinement
2020-05-12
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Lohengrin
1986-01-10
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Lohengrin
1986-01-10
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Lohengrin
2018-04-19
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The Binocle
2018-09-08
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Mistress Berta Garlan
1989-01-01
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Tristan und Isolde
1999-12-18
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The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
1982-12-20
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The Met - Tristan und Isolde
2008-03-22
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The Met - Tristan und Isolde
2008-03-22
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Tannhäuser
1913-07-14
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman
2020-03-14
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The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman
2020-03-14
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The Ring of the Nibelung: The Rhinegold
2016-07-26
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Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov
2016-01-01
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The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie
2016-08-21
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The Ring of the Nibelung: The Valkyrie
2016-08-21
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The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried
2016-08-23
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The Ring of the Nibelung: Siegfried
2016-08-23
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The Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods
2016-08-25
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The Ring of the Nibelung: Twilight of the Gods
2016-08-25
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Tristan und Isolde
2024-07-25
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Green Scream
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The Metropolitan Opera: Das Rheingold
2013-03-19
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The Metropolitan Opera: Die Walküre
2011-05-04
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The Metropolitan Opera: Siegfried
2011-11-05
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The Metropolitan Opera: Götterdämmerung
2012-02-11
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Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
2023-08-20
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Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
2022-10-29
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Richard Wagner: Die Walküre - Aus der Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
2023-08-06
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Antediluvian
2024-09-21
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Das Rheingold
2024-05-18
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Die Walküre
2024-05-20
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Siegfried
2024-05-24
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Götterdämmerung
2024-05-26
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This is Opera
2015-03-08