Arthur C. Doyle, Laurence Olivier and Richard Wagner
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Posted by Tel Asiado May 22, 2009 |
Great Thinkers Birthday Celebrants: May 22
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), Scottish crime writer famous for his detective novels featuring character Sherlock Holmes.
Laurence Olivier, Baron (1907), English actor, director. He is best-known for outstanding theatre work and considered one of the greatest actors of the 20th century.
Richard Wagner (1813), German composer known for revolutionizing the 19th century concept of the opera.
Links to some of Wagner’s Operas:
- Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love) 1836
- Der fliegende Hollánder (The Flying Dutchman) 1843
- Tannhäuser 1845
- Lohengrin 1848
- Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), music drama 1859
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) 1867
- Parsifal, music drama 1882