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200 років тому, 22 травня 1813 року, народився Ріхард Вагнер – одна з найсуперечливіших постатей у європейській музиці останніх двох століть.
Довкола композитора, який народився у Лейпцигу і помер у Венеції, досі існує багато суперечок. Його люблять і засуджують. Люблять за музику, засуджують за погляди.
Свої опери Вагнер називав «музичним драмами». Виконання його творів вимагає великої майстерності, але саме опери Вагнера свого часу принесли славу видатній українці Соломії Крушельницькій, яка здобула титул «Вагнерівська примадонна» ХХ століття. В одному з листів молода тоді ще співачка писала: «Співаючи опери Вагнера без повного образовання музики і голосу, можна собі дати хрестик на дорогу, бо довше не потягнеш, як два роки. Таким ходом не один співак карк скрутив».
Музику Ріхарда Вагнера можна чути у багатьох сучасних фільмах, вона звучить зі світових оперних сцен.
2013 рік ЮНЕСКО проголосила роком Ріхарда Вагнера.
Opera Fans Mark Richard Wagner's Bicentennial
1/10A bust of Richard Wagner is on display at a new permanent exhibit on the composer in his hometown of Leipzig, Germany.
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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2/10German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, a devotee of Wagner's music and writings, with the late composer's daughter-in-law, Winifred Wagner, and her two sons, Wolfgang and Wieland, in Bayreuth, Germany, in 1937
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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3/10Vasily Gorshkov (left) as the fire god Loge and Viktor Chernomortsev as Nibelung Alberich in Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" at the Mariinsky Theater in Moscow in 2005
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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4/10A performance of the opera "Lohengrin" in Moscow in 2008
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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5/10A visitor looks at artist Fyodor Fedorovsky's sketch of stage sets for a performance of Wagner's work at the Bolshoi Theater.
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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6/10A signed letter from Wagner to the Dresden lawyer Franz Adolf Schmidt, dated September 28, 1863. The letter is part of the collection of the Saxon State and University Library in Dresden.
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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7/10Katharina Wagner talks to her father, Wolfgang Wagner, one of the composer's grandsons, during a celebration of his retirement as manager of the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany.
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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8/10Yelena Mikhailenko performs in a play based on Wagner's operas, staged to celebrate the composer's bicentennial, at the Helikon Opera Theater in Moscow in February 2013.
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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9/10German weekly "Der Spiegel" marks Wagner's 200th birthday with a cover story titled "The Mad Genius."
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
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10/10A young woman carries an oversized Wagner stamp in Leipzig, Germany. The German Finance Ministry issued a commemorative 10-euro coin and a postage stamp to mark the composer's bicentennial.
May 22 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, one of the most celebrated composers of the 19th century. He is best known for the Ring Cycle of four operas, as well as the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Tristan and Isolde," sometimes described as marking the start of modern music. Though his music is highly influential, Wagner's legacy is controversial, the result of his nationalist and anti-Semitic writings, which later became a source of inspiration for Adolf Hitler.
