A very, very expensive composerįrom 1859 onwards, Wagner had his works printed by the international Schott Music publishing house. Artist Albert Pinkham Ryder's rendition of 'The Flying Dutchman' on canvas Image: Albert Pinkham Ryder 3. Later, in 1865, when protests broke out against the extravagance of his patron, King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Wagner again hotfooted it to Switzerland. Accused of treason, he sought refuge in Zurich, Switzerland, for many years until he was pardoned by the emperor. In 1848, while in the eastern German state of Saxony, he joined the revolutions against the political order that were unfolding across Germany. His political activities also got him into hot water. Another anecdote says he gave Viennese tax investigators the slip by dressing as a woman. One such flight saw him and his wife flee for London by sea. The journey helped inspire one of his operas, Der fliegende Holländer ( The Flying Dutchman). He frequently took off to foreign countries. Wagner was constantly on the run, often in an attempt to flee his creditors. Wagner's purpose-built Festival Hall continues to host the annual Bayreuth Festival Image: Juri Reetz/Breuel/picture alliance 2. Today, it hosts the annual Bayreuth Festival. drawing both local and international audiences.
In his quest for the perfect stage for his "musical dramas," he built his now famous Festival Hall in Bayreuth. To him, text and music always went together, with music serving the drama. Wagner wrote his first dramas as a schoolchild, and he would go on to write the libretti - the texts for an opera - for his operas himself, which was highly unusual at the time.
Born in Leipzig on May 22, 1813, Wilhelm Richard Wagner was convinced early on of his own genius, despite a music teacher once supposedly saying he used to "torture the piano in a most abominable fashion."
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