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Richard Wagner
German composer (1813–1883)
Ludwig II of Bavaria
King of Bavaria (1845–1886)
Giacomo Meyerbeer
German-French composer
Flying Dutchman
legendary ghost ship
leitmotif
thumb|300px|Leitmotif associated with Siegfried's horn call in Richard Wagner's 1876 opera, Siegfriedcenter
Hans von Bülow
German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)
550 Senta
main-belt asteroid
Engelbert Humperdinck
German composer (1854–1921)
Q155454
main-belt asteroid
553 Kundry
main-belt asteroid
Bayreuth Festival
annual music festival of Wagner operas
Q155464
main-belt asteroid
Gottfried Semper
German architect (1803–1879)
Bayreuth Festival Theatre
opera house and cultural heritage monument in Bayreuth, Bavaria
Gesamtkunstwerk
thumb|upright=1.35|Stairway of the Hôtel Tassel, an early example of Gesamtkunstwerk A Gesamtkunstwerk (, 'total work of art', 'ideal work of art', 'universal artwork', 'synthesis of the arts', 'comprehensive artwork', or 'all-embracing art form') is a work of art that makes use of all or many art forms or strives to do so. The term is a German loanword accepted in English as a term in aesthetics.
Wagner tuba
brass instrument that combines tonal elements of both the French horn and the trombone
3992 Wagner
asteroid
Tristan chord
a particular musical chord used by Richard Wagner
Ca' Vendramin Calergi
15th-century Venetian palace
Hermann Levi
German conductor, composer and royal Bavarian general music director (1839-1900)
Mathilde Wesendonck
German poet and mistress of the composer Richard Wagner (1828–1902)
Karl Klindworth
German musician (1830–1916)
Wahnfried
Wahnfried was the name given by Richard Wagner to his villa in Bayreuth. The name is a German compound of (delusion, madness) and (peace, freedom).
Rhinemaidens
thumb|upright=1.2|The three Rhinemaidens at play in the waters of the Rhine. Illustration from Stories of the Wagner Opera by [[H. A. Guerber, 1905.]] The Rhinemaidens are the three nixies sisters (Rheintöchter or "Rhine daughters") who appear in Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Their individual names are Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde, although they are generally treated as a single entity and they act together accordingly. Of the 34 characters in the Ring cycle, they are the only ones who did not originate in the Old Norse Eddas. Wagner created his Rhinemaidens
Richard-Wagner-Platz metro station
railway station in Berlin, Germany
Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld
German opera singer (1836-1865)
New German School
German music movement in the second half of the 19th century
Hermann Winkelmann
German Heldentenor (1847-1912)
Musikdrama
'''''' is a German word that means a unity of prose and music. Initially coined by Theodor Mundt in 1833, it was most notably used by Richard Wagner, along with , to define his operas.
Malvina Garrigues
singer (1825–1904)
Wagnerian rock
merger of 20th-century rock and roll and 19th-century opera reminiscent of Richard Wagner or Phil Spector's Wall of Sound
Hans von Wolzogen
German editor (1848–1938)
Tribschen Manor
thumb|The home of Richard Wagner; now a museum
Theodor Uhlig
German composer (1822–1853)
Wagner
crater on Mercury
Bayreuth canon
Operas by Wagner performed at the Bayreuth Festival
Heldentenor
thumb|Heldentenor Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld and his wife, Malvina, in the title roles of [[Tristan und Isolde, 1865.]]
Heinrich Porges
Sudeten German choir director and music critic (1837–1900)
Martin Gregor-Dellin
German opinion journalist and writer (1926-1988)
Brühl
street in Leipzig, Germany
Richard-Wagner-Museum
museum in Tribschen, Luzern, Switzerland
August Röckel
German composer, conductor, editor (1814-1876)
Rogelio de Egusquiza
Spanish painter (1845-1915)
Carrie Pringle
Austrian singer and opera singer (1859–1930)
Richard-Wagner-Stiftung Bayreuth
Richard-Wagner-Platz
square in Leipzig, Germany
Wagner Ice Piedmont
Richard-Wagner-Platz
town square in Berlin, Germany
Karl Beck
operatic tenor