Richard Wagner: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Born	May 22, 1813 • Leipzig • Germany
Died	February 13, 1883 (aged 69) • Venice • Italy
Notable Works	“A Communication to My Friends” • “Art and Revolution” • “Das Rheingold” • “Der Ring des Nibelungen” • “Die Walküre” • “Götterdämmerung” • “Lohengrin” • “My Life” • “Opera and Drama” • “Parsifal” • “Rienzi” • “Siegfried Idyll” • “Tannhäuser” • “The Art Work of the Future” • “The Ban on Love” • “The Fairies” • “The Flying Dutchman” • “The Mastersingers of Nürnberg” • “Tristan und Isolde”
Notable Family Members	spouse Cosima Wagner
Subjects Of Study	music drama • Germanic religion and mythology