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This year marks the bicentenary of the birth of one of the greatest composers and poets in the history of Caucasian man: Richard Wagner. I do not throw the words ‘genius’ around like confetti, like many people do these days, but I would certainly use that epithet to describe this man. His genius is such that, in spite of being constantly castigated and deconstructed, his music has survived and been enjoyed by millions around the…