 Kunyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupedza kudzidziswa kwake mumhanzi nababamunini vake, Johann Nepomuk Hummel uyo akaroora hanzvadzi yababa vake Elisabeth Röckel, aive mutungamiriri wemimhanzi muBamberg kutanga muna 1838. Akagara muVienna kubva muna 1839. Kwemakore anoverengeka pashure pa1840 akanga ari mutungamiriri paWeimar Court Theatre, kwaakanyora opera yake Farinelli. Muna 1843 akauya kuDresden, kwaakanga ari paCourt Theatre, uko Richard Wagner akanga ari mutungamiriri wemimhanzi. Akanga ari mutevedzeri womutungamiriri 2. Musikdirektor kuna Wagner kwemakore mashanu kusvikira muna 1848. Afurirwa nemimhanzi yaWagner, akaramba kuita opera yake pachake, yaakanga atumira kuDresden. Wagner akava shamwari yepedyo, zvikurukuru mukati menguva yokumukira kweDresden muna 1849, uye vaviri vacho vaifamba nzendo refu pamwe chete. 