A rare, possibly one-of-a-kind composer Richard Wagner hand colored lithograph entitled "Wagner's Dream" depicting Wagner sitting by his piano and daydreaming of his opera's. The ethereal and dreamy images are beautifully rendered. Tipped-in litho on board. Framed without glass. Not sure if this is one opera or a menage of his many operas. Could be one of his romantic works; Tristan and Isolde or Lohengrin based on the naked women. Reality is it could be any number of them including Tannhauser. Love Quality Antiques more here
CONDITION: Very good antique condition. Minor rubbing color is as intended. Not real damage to speak of.
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Wilhelm Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner ]
List of operas
Die Hochzeit - German
Libretto based on a story by J.G.G. Büsching
First performance at Leipzig, Neues Theatre on 13 February 1938
Die Feen - Romantic Opera - German
Libretto based on 'La donna serpente' by Carlo Gozzi
First performance at Munich, Hoftheater on 29 June 1888
Das Liebesverbot - German
Libretto based on 'Measure for Measure' by Shakespeare
First performance at Magdeburg, Stadttheater on 29 March 1836
Die hohe Braut - German
First performance at Prague in 1848
Männerlist grösser als Frauenlist, oder Die glückliche Bärenfamilie - German
Libretto based on a tale from One Thousand and One Nights
First performance at London, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House on 13 October 2007
Rienzi, der letze der Tribunen - German
Libretto based on a drama by Edward Bulwer Lytton
First performance at Dresden, Hoftheater on 20 October 1842
Der fliegende Holländer 1* - Romantic Opera - German
First performance at Dresden, Hoftheater on 2 January 1843
Tannhäuser 2* - Romantic Opera - German
First performance at Dresden, Hoftheater on 19 October 1845
Lohengrin 1* - Romantic Opera - German
Libretto based on the German legend of Lohengrin, as presented in medieval verse including Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival
First performance at Weimar, Hoftheater on 28 August 1850
Das Rheingold 2* - German
First performance at Munich, Hofoper on 22 September 1869
Die Walküre 2* - German
First performance at Munich, Hofoper on 26 June 1870
Tristan und Isolde 2* - German
Libretto based on a medieval epic by Gottfried von Strassburg
First performance at Munich, Hofoper on 10 June 1865
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 1* - German
First performance at Munich, Hofoper on 21 June 1868
Siegfried 1* - German
First performance at Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 16 August 1876
Götterdämmerung 2* - German
First performance at Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876
Der Ring des Nibelungen - German
First performance at Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 13 August 1876
Parsifal 1* - Bühnenfestspiel - 3 acts - German
First performance at Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 26 July 1882
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