he composer Richard Wagner（1813—1883） was hauntedall his life by the number 13. There were 13 letters in wagner'sname，and the sum of the figures of the year of his birth was 13.He made his first public appearance in 1831，the unmber of whichagain added up to 13.He completed Tannhauser on April 13， and it was performed in Paris on March 13，1861.On August 13，1876， he began the first presentation of the Ring of theNibelungen.The year he was made director of the state theater atRiga， the theater opened on September 13.Wagner wrote 13 operas ， was exiled from Saxony for 13 years，and died onFebruary 13 in the 13th year of the new German confederation .
作曲家理查德·瓦格纳（1813－1883）一生都摆脱不了13这个不祥的数字。他的名字有13个字母。他出生年份的数字之和是13.他第一次公开演出是在1831年，其数字之和也是13.他于4月13日完成《汤豪舍》，该剧于1861年3月13日在巴黎上演。1876年8月13日他第一次上演《尼伯龙根的指环》，他被任命为里加国家剧院的导演那年，剧院于9月13日开幕。瓦格纳写了13部歌剧，被流放出莎克森13年，于新德意志联邦第13年的2月13日去世。