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. 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  Tannhäuser [TAHN-hoy-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]