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| | Richard Wagner |
 | | The first two Ring operas, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, were given in Munich, on Ludwig's insistence, in 1869 and 1870; Wagner however was anxious to have a special festival opera house for the complete cycle and spent much energy trying to raise money for it. |
 | | Die fliegende Holländer ('The Flying Dutchman'), given the next year, was less well received, though a much tauter musical drama, beginning to move away from the 'number opera' tradition and strong in its evocation of atmosphere, especially the supernatural and the raging seas (inspired by the stormy trip from Riga). |
 | | In 1833 he became chorus master at the Würzburg theatre and wrote the text and music of his first opera, Die Feen ; this remained unheard, but his next, Das Liebesverbot, written in 1833, was staged in 1836. |
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