Richard Wagner

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# Clue Answer As Given Value Round Category Air Date Show
"Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit" are Elmer Fudd's lyrics for "Ride of the Valkyries" by this composer Wagner $1,200 DJ OH FUN! OPERA! 2025-10-10 #9410
The traditional "Here Comes The Bride" used at weddings is from his opera "Lohengrin", where Elsa marries the title character Wagner $1,600 DJ THE WEDDED OPERA CATEGORY 2024-12-02 #9216
The first Paris production of this composer, an 1861 "Tannhäuser", was a debacle due to dog whistles (the audible kind) Wagner $1,600 DJ OPERA 2023-12-20 #8998
This composer set "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" in a city south of his birthplace, Leipzig Wagner $1,200 DJ WORLD OF OPERA 2022-07-15 #8685
Alberichis very fond of that ring he has crafted in an opera by this composer Richard Wagner $800 DJ OPERA 2022-02-10 #5
When it comes to this composer, tonight, let it be "Lohengrin" (Prelude to act III) Wagner $2,000 DJ OPERA 2020-03-27 #8190
"Das Rheingold" is the first opera in his "Ring" cycle Wagner $400 DJ OPERA 2016-06-22 #7328
Wotan strips Brunnhilde of her divinity & puts her into a magic sleep on the Met's state-of-the-art set for "Die Walkure", part of this composer's Ring Cycle Wagner $600 J THE METROPOLITAN OPERA 2015-11-16 #7171
The character of Beckmesser in this composer's "Die Meistersinger" is a caricature of music critics Wagner $400 DJ THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY 2012-10-23 #6462
"Twilight of the Gods" is the last part of this composer's "Ring" cycle Wagner $400 DJ OPERA 2010-11-30 #6032
He coined the term "gesamtkunst, werk" to describe a "total art work" in which all the art forms combine to the same end (Richard) Wagner $1,000 J OPERA GLOSS 2010-01-27 #5843
His opera "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" was inspired by Hans Sachs, who wrote more than 4,200 Meisterlieder Wagner $800 DJ OPERA 2006-10-30 #5091
The Festspielhaus in Bayreuth, Germany was built as a place for this composer to stage his operas Wagner $800 J OPERA HOUSES 2006-05-10 #4998
Flosshilde is a Rhinemaiden in this composer's "Das Rheingold" Richard Wagner $1,600 DJ YOU HAD TO EXPECT OPERA 2005-01-28 #4700
Alberich & Mime are a pair of fascinating dwarfs in "Das Rheingold", an opera by this composer Richard Wagner $200 J OPERAS YOU'LL LIKE 2004-02-11 #4478
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from Neuschwanstein Castle) Many paintings at Neuschwanstein Castle depict characters from this composer's operas, including "Tannhauser" Wagner $1,200 DJ OPERA 2003-11-13 #4414
Like many of his works, this composer's "Tannhauser" is based on Germanic legends (Richard) Wagner $400 J OPERA 2003-10-22 #4398
(Sarah of the Clue Crew tries to hit a high note wearing a horned helmet and long blonde braids.) I'm getting dressed for the role of Brunnhilde in "Die Walkure", an opera by this composer"Laaaaaaa!" Wagner $800 DJ OH, NO! IT'S OPERA! 2001-11-08 #3954
The Seattle Opera is famous for its back-to-back productions of this composer's "Ring" cycle, in German & English Richard Wagner $600 DJ OH, NO! OPERA! 2001-01-05 #3765
The composition of this German's "Ring" cycle spanned over 20 years Richard Wagner $200 J OPERA 1999-07-08 #3434
"Das Rheingold", a one-act opera, serves as the prologue to this composer's "Ring" cycle Richard Wagner $200 DJ THE DREADED OPERA CATEGORY 1998-05-04 #3161
This composer of the opera "Siegfried" named his only son Siegfried Wagner $100 J OPERA HODGEPODGE 1998-01-30 #3095
Klingsor's magic garden is filled with flower maidens in this German composer's 1882 opera "Parsifal" Richard Wagner $1,000 DJ FUN WITH OPERA 1997-11-03 #3031
He wrote both text & music for his 3-act opera "Tristan And Isolde" Richard Wagner DD $1,400 DJ OPERA 1997-06-04 #2953
In 1876 he opened an opera house in the Franconian town of Bayreuth Richard Wagner $800 DJ OPERA 1997-02-28 #2885
"Das Liebesverbot", this German's only foray into Italian-style opera, was a total failure Wagner $600 DJ OPERA 1996-10-21 #2791
The first scene of this composer's "Das Rheingold" takes place at the bottom of the Rhine Richard Wagner $600 DJ OPERA 1996-07-17 #2753
Erda the Earth goddess is the mother of the Valkyries in this composer's "Ring" cycle Wagner $400 DJ OPERA CHARACTERS 1996-06-19 #2733
In 1930 Arturo Toscanini became the first non-German to conduct this man's works at Bayreuth Wagner $600 DJ OPERA 1995-05-18 #2479
His plan to write a single opera about Siegfried evolved into "The Ring of the Nibelung", which is much longer Wagner $800 DJ OPERA 1995-02-10 #2410
This "Lohengrin" composer's first opera, "Die Fein", wasn't performed until 1888, five years after his death Richard Wagner $600 DJ OPERA 1994-11-22 #2352
You need a tenor to play Loge the Fire God in this composer's "Das Rheingold" Wagner $200 DJ MYTHOLOGICAL OPERAS 1994-10-17 #2326
"Nothung! Nothung!" is Siegfried's song about his sword in this composer's opera "Siegfried" Wagner $400 DJ OPERA 1994-01-27 #2169
Woglinde is one of the Rhine maidens in his opera "Das Rheingold" Wagner $400 DJ OPERA 1993-05-19 #2018
You need a mezzo- soprano to sing the role of Venus in his opera "Tannhauser" Wagner $800 DJ MYTHOLOGICAL OPERAS 1993-04-20 #1997
Bass-baritone James Morris is widely regarded as the finest contemporary Wotan in this man's operas Richard Wagner $1,000 DJ OPERA 1993-02-25 #1959
Guinness says the longest commonly performed opera is his "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg" Wagner $400 DJ OPERA 1992-10-13 #1862
Birgit Nilsson is best known for her heroic roles in this composer's operas Richard Wagner $500 J OPERA 1989-09-08 #1150
Valhalla goes up in flames at the end of his opera "Gotter-dammerung" Wagner $800 DJ OPERA 1989-02-14 #1032
After his own experience of a storm & near shipwreck, he wrote "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner $600 DJ OPERA 1986-12-01 #516
Declaring "the world owes me what I need," he bathed in incense, dressed only in silk & wrote the "Ring Cycle" Wagner $800 DJ OPERA 1985-03-04 #126
He wrote Brunhilde's immolation, opera's longest aria of nearly 15 minutes Wagner $400 DJ OPERA 1984-12-03 #61
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