Was Richard Wagner ever commited into an insane asylum?
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. Here are some bios on Richard Wagner. They are most interesting and I saw Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival one summer. Skimming these bios, I did not see he had been institutionalized.
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2. http://www.island-of-freedom.com/WAGNER.HTM
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner#Final_years
No doubt he was obsessive. No doubt he was compulsive. He wrote early of Hamlet and King Lear, both having one leg across the line of sanity.
I don't think he was committed, however, he was in opera.
Austrian conductor Franz Schalk is noted for the most emblematic words about opera life: "Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."
To find out if Richard Wagner was ever committed into an insane asylum, you can use biographical sources on his life and search for any mentions of his mental health or institutionalization. Some reliable sources for information on Richard Wagner include:
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This source provides a biography of Richard Wagner and may have specific details about his mental health or any institutionalization.
2. http://www.island-of-freedom.com/WAGNER.HTM
This website also provides a biography of Richard Wagner and could have information about his mental well-being or any institutionalization.
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner#Final_years
Wikipedia's page on Richard Wagner includes a section on his final years, which may mention any mental health issues or institutionalization.
Please keep in mind that it is important to verify the information obtained from these sources using multiple reliable sources to ensure accuracy.