Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas. Unlike most composers, Wagner wrote both the libretti and the music for all of his stage works. He first achieved recognition with works in the Romantic tradition of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer, but revolutionised the genre through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, which sought to unite poetic, musical, visual, and dramatic elements. In this approach, the drama unfolds as a continuously sung narrative, with the music evolving organically from the text rather than alternating between arias and recitatives. Wagner outlined these ideas in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852, most fully realising them in the first half of his four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.
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Upcoming Wagner performances in Vienna
23 performances
18 Nov 2026, 12:30
18NOV
12:30Jess-Trio-Wien / Selditz / Wagner
09 Feb 2027, 19:30
9FEB
19:30Jan Liebermann, Orgel
25 Mar 2027
25MAR
Parsifal
29 Mar 2027
29MAR
Parsifal
01 Apr 2027
1APR
Parsifal
03 Apr 2027
3APR
Parsifal
04 Apr 2027
4APR
Tristan und Isolde
08 Apr 2027
8APR
Tristan und Isolde
11 Apr 2027
11APR
Tristan und Isolde
15 Apr 2027
15APR
Tristan und Isolde
01 May 2027, 17:30
1MAY
17:30Laurenz Lütteken im Gespräch
01 May 2027, 19:00
1MAY
19:00Das Rheingold
03 May 2027, 17:30
3MAY
17:30Die Walküre
06 May 2027
6MAY
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
06 May 2027, 16:00
6MAY
16:00Siegfried. Oper in drei Aufzügen (1857–1871)
09 May 2027
9MAY
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
09 May 2027, 16:00
9MAY
16:00Twilight of the Gods. Prelude and Three Acts (1869–1874)
12 May 2027
12MAY
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
16 May 2027
16MAY
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
30 May 2027
30MAY
The Flying Dutchman
03 Jun 2027
3JUN
The Flying Dutchman
06 Jun 2027
6JUN
The Flying Dutchman
10 Jun 2027
10JUN
The Flying Dutchman