ESCHERHÄUSER / ZELTWEG
Vordere Escherhäuser, Ground Floor / Zeltweg 11&13. Zeltweg 11, September 1851 till 17 April 1853. Zeltweg 13, till spring 1857. There is a commemorative plaque on the house in Zeltweg 13.
Richard Wagner worked as a defining director in Zurich. In this time he also composed the complete “Ring-Dichtung” (completion 15 December 1852), the original copy of “Die Rheingold-Partitur” (1 – 28 May 1854), and the “Zürcher Vielliebchenwalzer, Polka oder sonst was”. Wagner also developed a first concept of “Tristan und Isolde” living in Zeltweg.