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Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner, painting by Franz von Lenbach, 1882, Bayreuth, Germany.
In 1836, Richard Wagner married Wilhelmine (Minna) Planer, an actress he had met while working with a provincial theatrical troupe in Magdeburg.1