Wagner, Richard

Cultural  

1. A nineteenth-century German composer known for his operas, many of which dramatize myths and legends. The four-opera group The Ring of the Nibelung and the single opera Tristan und Isolde are among his best-known compositions.

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Example Sentences

Seattle is as accomplished as any NFC playoff team, and many of the key contributors to its recent success remain on the scene: Russell Wilson, Bobby Wagner, Richard Sherman and Doug Baldwin.

From Washington Times • Jan. 11, 2017

He worked at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin and at the Bayreuth Festival, where he was an assistant to Wieland Wagner, Richard Wagner’s grandson.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2015

He was given a regular conductor's job in Budapest, then became director of the Dresden Opera, and an authority on Wagner, Richard Strauss, and his own favorite, Mozart.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wagner, Richard, his "Fairies," a setting of Gozzi's "Donna Serpente," i.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

The voluptuous scores of Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Max Schillings and Co. were not written for skinny, ill-nourished wights.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl