This composer wrote a cycle of five songs, beginning with "The Angel" and ending with "Dreams", based on the poetry of Mathilde Wesendonck.
This composer wrote a cycle of five songs, beginning with "The Angel" and ending with "Dreams", based on the poetry of Mathilde Wesendonck. One of his early works, based on Shakespeare'sMeasure for Measure, is known in English as The Ban on Love. Some of his best-known songs are "Entrance of the Guests" and "Liebestod", and his only well-known comedy is about Eva Pogner, who is supposed to marry the winner of a singing contest in Nuremberg. His works are performed annually at the Bayreuth (bi-ROIT) Festival, especially Parsifal, Das Rheingold, The Valkyrie,Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung (gur-tur-DU-mu-rung). Name this German opera composer of the Ring cycle.
This composer wrote a cycle of five songs, beginning with "The Angel" and ending with "Dreams", based on the poetry of Mathilde Wesendonck.
Wilhelm Richard {Wagner}