Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor known for his influential operas and music dramas. He uniquely authored both the libretti and music for his stage works, revolutionizing the genre through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk. This approach sought to unite poetic, musical, visual, and dramatic elements into a continuously sung narrative, most notably within his four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.