Wagner: Life and Times - 15 Strange and Surprising Discoveries About Herr Wagner
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Richard Wagner is known today as one of the greatest, most influential composers to have lived. But his life, anything but easy and straightforward, was as tumultuous as the age he was born into. Our top-15 list of things you didn’t know about Richard Wagner takes you behind the scenes of the life of one of Germany’s most famous exports.
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Episode Credits:
Written and presented by - Jane Potter
Voice of Richard Wagner, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Friedrich Nietzsche - David Bloom
Produced by - Ashley Daniel Foot
Audio editing by - Mack McGillivray
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