In one of this composer's operas, leaves grow on the pope's staff, and the title character finds the home of the goddess Venus.
In one of this composer's operas, leaves grow on the pope's staff, and the title character finds the home of the goddess Venus. Another of this composer's operas was based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. This composer of The Ban on Love wrote an opera in which Daland's daughter Senta throws herself into the ocean and later ascends to Heaven with her lover. Along with TannhÃ¤user [TAHN-hoyÂ–zur] and The Flying Dutchman, he composed a group of operas that begin when Alberich the Dwarf gives up on love and steals the Rheingold. Name this composer of the Ring of the Nibelung cycle.
In one of this composer's operas, leaves grow on the pope's staff, and the title character finds the home of the goddess Venus.
(Wilhelm) Richard Wagner [REEK-hart VAHG-nur]