Full name: Richard Wagner
Born: 1813-1883
Nationality: German
Richard Wagner who regarded himself as “the most German of men””, “the German spirit”, is not only known because of his 13 operas and numerous other compositions but also because of his inevitable influence on our understanding of German culture and history. He has been classified as an anarchist and a socialist and, simultaneously, as a proto-fascist and nationalist, as a vegetarian and an anti-semite… In fact, his name has appeared in connection to almost all major trends in German history of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Works Include
- Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Siegfried
- Tristan und Isolde