Re: When was Wagner at his most suicidal?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cruz Tijerina) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I vote for the period between 1863 and pre-Ludwig 1864. Almost 4
> revolutionary works completed (Rheingold, Walkuere, Siegfried* and
> Tristan und Isolde -without counting major changes to Tannhaeuser-)
> having had the chance to premiere none of them. 14 years without
> premiering any work (Lohengrin 1850) and 19 since he was present at
> the opening night for a new work (Tannhaeuser in 1845).
> Also, Minna was dead by then and the whole Wesendonck affair had
> brought only disappointment. On top of that, he had nowhere he could
> call home being a bit of a Wanderer himself.
> What do you think?

Is it true then that he composed Die Meistersinger after being rescued
by King Ludwig?  It was certainly a bright opera...

It was also a surprise to me that so many of his great works were
already finished before the king came to the rescue.

Karl