Wagner dictionary definition

WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883), German dramatic composer, poet and essay-writer, was born at Leipzig on the 22nd of May 1813.
In that year Wagner married Wilhelmina Planer, an actress at the theatre at Konigsberg.
Wagner failed to gain a footing, and Rienzi, destined for the Grand Opera, was rejected.
But though in Rienzi Wagner had shown energy and ambition, that work was far from representing his preconceived ideal.
On the 2nd of February 1843 Wagner was formally installed as Hofkapellmeister at the Dresden theatre, and he soon set to work on a new opera.