Ada gives up immortality to be with a mortal whom she loves in this man's first completed opera. In his second opera, Isabella seduces a regent in order to free her brother Claudio from jail. He described one of his works as not an opera but a "festival play;" that work follows a knight's quest to f
Ada gives up immortality to be with a mortal whom she loves in this man's first completed opera. In his second opera, Isabella seduces a regent in order to free her brother Claudio from jail. He described one of his works as not an opera but a "festival play;" that work follows a knight's quest to find the holy grail. In his essay "Art and Revolution," this composer coined the term "Gesamtkunstwerk" in a critique of opera's emphasis on singing over plot. In addition to "Die Feen," "Das Liebesverbot," and "Parsifal," this man also composed a set of four operas based on Norse sagas. FTP, name this German composer of "Der Ring des Nibelungen."
Ada gives up immortality to be with a mortal whom she loves in this man's first completed opera.
Richard {Wagner}