The importance of Wagner in the 19th Century, has been mostly forgotten. But his impact at time, was overwhelming. Everyone in Germany was either passionately for him, or against him.
And one of those people was Nietzsche. He even tried to seduce Wagner's wife! And he took her rejection of him - very seriously. This was one of the reasons he left Germany, and lived the rest of his short life in Switzerland.
Wagner was a musical genius - but also a despicable person, in his own life. One of his admirers was Hitler, who built a new performance center for Wagner's widow. And attended performances of his works there personally!
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