Richard Wagner

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Born: 22 May 1813 — Leipzig — Germany
Died: 13 February 1883 — Venezia — Italy
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29 March 1836: Premiere of Das Liebesverbot, in Magdeburg, Germany, with Wagner conducting.
20 October 1842: Premiere of Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, in Dresden, Germany.
2 January 1843: Premiere of Der Fliegende Holländer, in Dresden, Germany, with Wagner conducting.
19 October 1845: Premiere of Tannhäuser (first version), in Dresden, Germany.
28 August 1850: Premiere of Lohengrin, in Weimar, Germany.
13 March 1861: Premiere of Tannhãuser (second version), in Paris, France.
10 June 1865: Premiere of Tristan und Isolde, in Munich, Germany.
21 June 1868: Premiere of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, in Munich, Germany.
22 September 1869: Premiere of Rheingold, in Munich, Germany.
26 June 1870: Premiere of Die Walküre, in Munich, Germany.
25 December 1870: Premiere of the Siegfrid Idyll, in Triebschen, Germany, with Wagner conducting.
16 August 1876: Premiere of Siegfried, in Bayreuth, Germany.
17 August 1876: Premiere of Götterdämmerung, in Bayreuth, Germany.
26 July 1882: Premiere of Parsifal, in Bayreuth, Germany.
29 June 1888: Premiere of Die Feen, in Munich, Germany.
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