Wagner: A Genius in Exile

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Documentary following Richard Wagner's great,great-grandson,30-year-old New York photographer Antoine Wagner,as he travels to Switzerland to trace the celebrated composer's time there. Spending several years in Switzerland,in the first instance as a political exile,the composer enjoyed a prolific period,writing 'Die Meistersinger','Tristan und Isolde' and the 'Wesendonck-Lieder',as well as beginning work on 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'. In order to build up a picture of his forefather and gain a perspective of the man,Antoine Wagner sets out to visit the places where he lived,and talks to a local gathering of musicologists,historians and musicians.
Contributors include Dagny Beidler,Katja Fleischer,Laurenz Lütteken,Albert Lutz and Eva Rieger.
Directors:: Andy Sommer
Studio:: Bel Air
Genres:: Documentary
Countries:: Switzerland