Wilhelm richard wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (– 13 February ) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later called). 1 wagner opera 2 Wilhelm Richard Wagner (– 13 February ) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were. 3 wagner group 4 Wilhelm Richard Wagner ; – 13 February ) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. 5 Born in Leipzig on , Wilhelm Richard Wagner was convinced early on of his own genius, despite a music teacher once supposedly saying he used to "torture the piano in a most abominable. 6 Wilhelm Richard Wagner (– 13 February ) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. 7 wagner-gruppen 8 Wilhelm Richard Wagner var en tysk komponist, dirigent, musikkteoretiker og skribent. 9 Wilhelm Richard Wagner (født mai i Leipzig i kongeriket Sachsen i Tyskland, død februar i Venezia i kongeriket Italia) var en tysk. 10