Richard Wagner – a Biographical Documentary – His Life, His Places

Interesting documentary in words and pictures about the life of Richard Wagner

Richard Wanger led an incredibly eventful and interesting life. Learn about the places Wagner worked and meet the most important people in his life.

The sections of the biographical documentary

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:45 Birth in Leipzig
• 01:54 Youth in Dresden
• 03:27 Studies in Leipzig
• 04:05 Years of wandering (Magdeburg, Riga etc.)
• 06:43 The birth of the flying Dutchman
• 07:57 Paris and burgeoning anti-Semitism
• 09:37 Breakthrough in Dresden with Rienzi
• 10:16 Wartburg and the birth of Tannhäuser
• 14:03 Kapellmeister and revolutionary in Dresden
• 14:46 Exile in Zurich, Tristan and Isolde
• 17:05 Tannhäuser fiasco in Paris
• 19:05 Tristan fiasco in Vienna, work on Die Meistersinger
• 21:59 The Miracle of Munich, Ludwig II
• 25:55 Cosima, Wagner and the women
• 28:47 Exile in Lucerne
• 30:23 Bayreuth years
• 33:10 The last years
• 34:06 Epilogue, Bayreuth after Wagner’s death

More about the operas of Richard Wagner

LINK to the online opera guides of his operas

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER)

https://opera-inside.com/der-fliegende-hollaender-von-richard-wagner/?lang=de

DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG

https://opera-inside.com/die-meistersinger-von-nuernberg-von-richard-wagner-opernfuehrer-und-handlung/?lang=de

TWILIGHT OF GODS (GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG)

https://opera-inside.com/twilight-of-gods-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

LOHENGRIN

https://opera-inside.com/lohengrin-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

PARSIFAL

https://opera-inside.com/parsifal-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

RHEINGOLD

https://opera-inside.com/rheingold-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

RING DES NIBELUNGEN

https://opera-inside.com/the-ring-of-the-nibelung-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

SIEGFRIED

https://opera-inside.com/siegfried-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

TANNHÄUSER

https://opera-inside.com/tannhauser-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-synopsis/

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

https://opera-inside.com/tristan-und-isolde-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/

THE VALKYRIE (DIE WALKÜRE)

https://opera-inside.com/die-walkure-the-valkyrie-by-richard-wagner-the-opera-guide-and-synopsis/