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The life of German composer Richard Wagner (1813–83) reads like a soap opera. After they married in 1836, his wife Minna left him the following year, then reconciled for a tempestuous marriage a year later. They fled Riga in 1839 because of debt and left Saxony in 1849 because Wagner supported the Revolution of 1848. His long-term affair with Cosima, the wife of his conductor Hans von Bülow, ended with him marrying her after...Log In or Sign Up to Read More