 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wagner akanga ari munhu anofarira zvikuru shanduko dza 1848 uye akanga ari mutori rutivi anoshingaira muDresden Revolution ya 1849, somugumisiro uyo akamanikidzwa kurarama kwemakore akawanda ari muhuranda kubva kuGermany. Art and Revolution rakanga riri rimwe remapoka ezvinyorwa zvinonetsa zvaakabudisa ari muutapwa hwake. Kushingairira kwake kunyora kwakadaro panguva ino yebasa rake kunotsanangurwa muchidimbu nokusakwanisa kwake, ari muutapwa, kuita kuti maopera ake agadzirwa. Asi wakanga uriwo mukana wokuti ataure uye aruramise zvinetso zvake zvakadzika midzi pamusoro pechimiro chechokwadi cheopera semutambo wemimhanzi panguva yaakanga ava kutanga kunyora mabhuku ake nokuda kwedenderedzwa rake reRing, uye achitendeudzira mifungo yake kumhando yemimhanzi yaizoda. Ikoku kwakanga kwakasiana zvikuru nenziyo dzepopular grand operas dzenguva yacho, idzo Wagner aidavira kuti dzakanga dziri kutengesa kutengeserana muumhizha. Art and Revolution nokudaro yakatsanangura pfungwa dzake mumamiriro ezvinhu ekukundikana kwekushanduka kwe1848 kuunza nzanga yakafanana neiyo Wagner akafunga kuti yakambovapo muAncient Greece - yakatsaurirwa zvechokwadi, uye iyo yaigona kutsigirwa nehunhu, hunyanzvi - izvo kuna Wagner zvaireva, zvakanyanya, pfungwa yake yemutambo. 