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The lifespan of Richard Wagner was

When Wagner fled to Switzerland in 1848, he was helped to do so by

Richard Wagner and the Lyric Theater in 19th-Century Germany

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Romantic opera had established traditions in France, Italy, and Germany by the time Richard Wagner became a leading personality in the world of opera. Wagner knew but was critical of these traditions, and in formulating his theory of opera developed what he called "Music Drama."

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1
When Wagner fled to Switzerland in 1848, he was helped to do so by
Fryderyk Chopin
Nicolo Paganini
Joseph Haydn
Franz Liszt
2
The lifespan of Richard Wagner was
1791–1864
1791–1861
1813–1883
1813–1901
3
What other great opera composer was born in 1813?
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Puccini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giuseppe Verdi
4
Wagner's parents were
church musicians
doctors
lawyers
actors
5
For a brief time, Wagner studied music formally with
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Clara Schumann
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Theodore Weinlig
6
While Wagner was in Paris, he became familiar with
all of the above
Hector Berlioz
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Eugene Scribe
7
Because of his support of nationalistic uprisings in 1848, Wagner was compelled to flee to
Poland
Switzerland
England
France
8
In 1842, Wagner was appointed as director of the court opera in what principality?
Prussia (Berlin)
Bavaria (Munich)
Saxony (Dresden)
The Papal States (Vatican City)
9
From 1839 until 1842, where was Wagner?
Copenhagen
London
Madrid
Paris
10
Wagner's first great operatic success was the score of
Le nozze di Figaro
Les Huguenots
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Rienzi