Rupert Christiansen

Why I fell out of love with Wagner

The Spectator's former opera critic explains why the work of Wagner now makes him feel nauseous

A portrait of Richard Wagner by Auguste Renoir, who painted the composer in 1882 in Palermo. The day before their meeting, Wagner had put the finishing touches to Parsifal [Bridgeman Images]
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