Richard Wagner
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Historical figure.
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 may 1813 - 13 february 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas : Rienzi (1842), Der Fliegende Holländer (1843), Tannhäuser (1845), Lohengrin (1850), Tristan und Isolde (1865), Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868), Der Ring des Nibelungen (1869), Parsifal (1882).
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- After the Red Circle case, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went at a Wagner night at Covent Garden. They hurried to be in time for the second act (REDC 590).
