Richard Wagner 理查德瓦格纳.

1、 composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist. Leipzig,1813 1813 father died 1814 his mother married the actor 8 years old step father died Middle Ages 1831 Wagner attended the University of Leipzig Wagner met Theodor Weinlig who helped him publish some piano works First Opera At twenty he comp

2、leted his first Opera Die Feen (The Fairies). 1834-1836 he was the music director at Magdeburg where he staged Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love) also known as Wagner suffers financial strain(负担) throughout his career Married Life November 24th 1836 he married Christine Wilhelmine Minna Planer Becam

3、e director at Riga between 1837- 1839 1839 The couple flee to avoid debt collectors and arrive in London by sea Moving Around 1845 Tannhuser（汤豪舍） was performed Begins work on Die Gtterdmmerung （Twilight of the Gods ） 1849 flee to Switzerland for 15 years Focus on the famed Ring（The Ring of the Nibel

4、ung） Most Memorable Years 1850-1865 Der junge Siegfried (Young Siegfried) Gtterdmmerung Tristan and Isolde Walkre (his claim to fame) Bride March Bitter Sweet Ending Separates from wife 1863 1862 Granted Amnesty（大赦） and allowed back in Germany Wagner falls in love with Cosima Liszt Marries Cosima in

5、 1870 Death Parsifa his final opera completed in 1882 This opera premiered at the Bayreuth Festival on May 26th. Wagner dies of a heart attack at age 69 on February 13th 1883. the most ambitious musical work ever composed The Rhinegold (Das Rheingold)莱茵的黄 金 The Valkyrie (Die Walkre)女武神 Siegfried 齐格弗

6、里德 Twilight of the Gods (Gtterdmmerung)诸 神的黄昏 The Rhinegold Scene 1 Rhein Maidens（莱茵少女）（莱茵少女） woo 追求 struck 打击 The Rhinegold Rhein Maidens Rhein Maidens The Rhinegold Rhein Maidens Scene 2 seize 抓住 chasm 峡谷 goddess 女神 The Rhinegold Scene 3 Scene 4 curse 诅咒 The Valkyrie Siegmund 齐格蒙德 Sieglinde 齐格琳德 H

7、ongding 洪丁 Tribal struggle 部落斗争 Wotan 沃坦 Recognize、 love The Valkyrie Brunhilde 布伦希尔德 Wotan 沃坦 Protect 、kill In a duel 在决斗中 forced to flee 被迫逃离 The Valkyrie Brunhilde 布伦希尔德 drove . out 驱逐 sleep 、 flame、 husband Siegfried Siegfried 齐格弗里德 Alberich 阿尔贝里希 Mimei 米梅 Siegmund 齐格蒙德 Sword fragments宝剑碎片 dragon blood； birds language Siegfried Siegfried and Brunhilde took the ring Brunhilde 布仑希尔德 Wotan 沃坦 cut disappeared. wake marry Twilight of the Gods be caught in a trick陷入一场诡计 Alberich 阿尔贝里希；Hagen哈根 medicine ；betrayed Twilight of the Gods weakness Remorse