Wagnerian
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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of or suggestive of the dramatic musical compositions of Richard Wagner, their massive scale, dramatic and emotional intensity, etc
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denoting or relating to a singer who has a voice suitable for singing Wagner
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of or relating to a big, powerful, or domineering woman
a Wagnerian maiden
noun
Etymology
Origin of Wagnerian
Example Sentences
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Full of thunderous strings and Wagnerian vocals, it starts off as an opera song, changes tempo three times, introduces a guest verse from Bjork and ends with an almighty rave breakdown.
From BBC
But only a short walk away, at the world’s most storied opera house, all that fanfare fades into Wagnerian gloom.
He “has mystical tendencies, no common sense, and a Wagnerian taste for heroics and death. He was born loaded with vanities and has developed megalomania as his final decoration.”
But it was in the staging of his own plays that he approached the Wagnerian ideal of the Gesamtkunstwerk or integrated artwork.
From Los Angeles Times
“That’s why I chose that orchestration that is very what I call ‘aerial,’ and Wagnerian, and kind of also Hollywood — which I never knew that I could do.”
From Los Angeles Times
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