Content deleted Content added
Moving from Category:People of the Revolutions of 1848 to Category:German people of the Revolutions of 1848 Diffusing per WP:DIFFUSE and/or WP:ALLINCLUDED using Cat-a-lot |
Unnecessary information Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
Line 24:
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 [[Bayreuth canon|most important stage works]] continue to be performed at the annual [[Bayreuth Festival]], which was galvanized by the efforts of his wife [[Cosima Wagner]] and the [[Wagner family|family's 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'').
Until his final years, Wagner's life was characterised by political exile, turbulent love affairs, poverty and repeated flight from his creditors. His controversial writings on music, drama and politics have attracted extensive comment
{{TOC limit|limit=3}}
| |||