Editing Richard Wagner (section)

=== Film and stage portrayals ===
{{Main|List of films about Richard Wagner}}

Wagner has been the subject of many biographical films. The earliest was a silent film made by [[Carl Froelich]] in 1913 and featured in the title role the composer [[Giuseppe Becce]], who also wrote the score for the film (as Wagner's music, still in copyright, was not available).{{sfn|Warshaw|2012|pp=77–78}} Other film portrayals of Wagner include: [[Alan Badel]] in ''[[Magic Fire]]'' (1955), [[Lyndon Brook]] in ''[[Song Without End]]'' (1960), [[Trevor Howard]] in ''[[Ludwig (film)|Ludwig]]'' (1972), [[Paul Nicholas]] in ''[[Lisztomania (film)|Lisztomania]]'' (1975), and [[Richard Burton]] in ''[[Wagner (film)|Wagner]]'' (1983).<ref>See entries for these films at the [https://www.imdb.com/ Internet Movie Database (IMDb)].</ref>

[[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]]'s opera ''[[Wagner Dream]]'' (2007) intertwines the events surrounding Wagner's death with the story of Wagner's uncompleted opera outline ''[[Die Sieger]] (The Victors)''.{{sfn|Faber Music News|2007|p=2}}