Zurich’s ‘Villa Rienzi’: A Newly Discovered Picture of Wagner’s Lakeside Home

Walton, Christopher (2024). Zurich’s ‘Villa Rienzi’: A Newly Discovered Picture of Wagner’s Lakeside Home The Wagner Journal, 18(2), pp. 48-60. The Wagner Journal

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Wagner's home in Zurich from 1850 to 1851, the Abendstern, nicknamed by him and his friends the 'Villa Rienzi' has long been something of a mystery and was believed to have been torn down in the later 19th century. Only now has a contemporary painting been discovered that reveals a remarkable similarity between the Abendstern and Wagner's later house in Tribschen, suggesting that the latter was perhaps chosen in part because it reminded him of the former. It transpires that the Abendstern was renovated several times, but was only torn down in 1962.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	Bern Academy of the Arts Bern Academy of the Arts > Institute Interpretation
Name:	Walton, Christopher0000-0003-3675-9118
Subjects:	M Music and Books on Music > M Music M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music N Fine Arts > NA Architecture N Fine Arts > ND Painting
ISSN:	1755-0173
Publisher:	The Wagner Journal
Language:	English
Submitter:	Christopher Walton
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2024 11:35
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2024 11:35
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.22466
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/22466