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A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth.
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1983-12-05
S1E10 — Episode 10
Construction on the opera house in Bayreuth begins and his epic Der Ring des Nibelungen can finally be premiered. The performance is attended by Ludwig who is slowly losing his mind, while living in his gigantic new castle Neuschwanstein. Wagner and Nietzsche have a falling out over Wagner's lifestyle and ideas (including his rampant anti-semitism). Flash forward years later to 1883, shortly before his death, Wagner and Liszt reflect on Wagner's life: the people he has known, the events that occurred and the music he composed.
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Richard Burton
Richard Wagner
Marthe Keller
Mathilde Wesendonck
Miguel Herz-Kestranek
Hans von Bülow
Laurence Olivier
Pfeuffer
Ralph Richardson
Pfordten
Vanessa Redgrave
Cosima von Bulow
John Gielgud
Pfistermeister
László Gálffi
King Ludwig II of Bavaria
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