212 years ago today, May 22, 1813 (April 22, 1813 in the lunar calendar), the German composer Wagner was born. Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) Wagner was born on May 22, 1813, in the family of a small official in Leipzig. He loved literature, drama, and painting when he was a child. In 1831, he studied philosophy and composition theory at the University of Leipzig. Since 1833, he has served as conductor and music director in opera houses in some small and medium-sized cities. Rich performance practice has played a positive role in his opera creation and the formation of opera reform thoughts. In 1842, the Dresden Opera House successfully performed its opera "Le Enzi" and was appointed conductor of the house. Later, influenced by Bakunin, he participated in the bourgeois revolution. After failing, he went into exile in Switzerland, turned to compromise, and believed in the pessimistic philosophy of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. In 1864, he returned to Munich at the call of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. In the 1970s, in order to implement his idea of opera reform, he built his own opera house in Bayreuth to perform his operas "The Ring of Nibelungen". He died in 1883. His operas include "The Wandering Dutchman","Townhausher","Ringrin","The Master of Singing","Parsifal" and so on. It is advocated that opera reform should take Fuzhou as the theme, drama and music must form an organic whole, and symphonic development is the main means of drama expression. He used the dominant motivation technique of uninterrupted musical structure, semitone harmony system and orchestration effects to enrich the artistic expression of opera and have a profound impact on the development of professional music in Europe.