Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner was born on May 22nd 1813. The music for his opera "Tristan and Isolde" was so unusual that, at first, musicians struggled to play it. The singers could not find their notes and the orchestra struggled to keep time. When the musicians did catch up, critics said that it was "nothing but screaming and shrieking"

The story of the most famous opera by Germany’s most famous opera composer

Richard Wagner was born on this day in 1813

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