The Love Trilogy of Richard Wagner

One of the modern biographers of the great German composer wrote: «No one among the great men has had a love life more complete, more painful, and at certain hours, more tragic than Richard Wagner. This wonderful musician, who created a new world with his art, drew his best inspirations from love». Indeed, the three main heroines of Wagner's love drama create a true trilogy. They are his first wife Minna Planer, Mathilde Wesendonck — the muse of «Tristan» — and finally, Cosima von Bülow, the composer’s second wife, who became the embodiment of Brünnhilde.
The book presented for the readers' attention is not so much about music as it is about Love. It is not a biography of Wagner, but the story of his heart. And speaking in the composer's language, Love — just like that, with a capital letter, in the superlative degree, the most exalted and beautiful — will be the leitmotif of its narrative.