Wagner: LIVE at the Royal Albert Hall (TRIH ep 631)
1850 · Resource
This episode is the second half of a live Royal Albert Hall show (4 May 2025) in which hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the life, music and legacy of Richard Wagner. Recorded with orchestral performances interleaved, the discussion covers Wagner’s Leipzig origins (1813), his theatrical ambitions, exile after the 1848–49 revolutions, and the five-year creative period that produced the Ring Cycle. The hosts address Wagner’s innovations (Bayreuth, staging, celebrity conducting), h...
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