This composer's first two operas, Die Feen and Das Liebesverbot, were poorly received, leaving him in considerable financial difficulty.
This composer's first two operas, Die Feen and Das Liebesverbot, were poorly received, leaving him in considerable financial difficulty. Fleeing his debtors, he took a stormy sea passage to London, which inspired his opera about a captain doomed to sail until Judgment Day. In 1849, he introduced the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk (guh-zahmt-koonst-verk), which featured prominently in his next opera, Lohengrin. With funding from King Ludwig II of Bavaria, he built the Bayreuth (bahy-roit) Festspielhaus, which opened for the premiere of his four-opera cycle. For ten points, name this German composer of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
This composer's first two operas, Die Feen and Das Liebesverbot, were poorly received, leaving him in considerable financial difficulty.
Richard {Wagner} (VAHG-ner)