Richter, RIHK tuhr, Hans (1843-1916), was a famous German orchestra conductor who helped popularize the operas of Richard Wagner. Richter was conductor of the Wagner Bayreuth Festival in Germany from 1876 to 1912. At Bayreuth in 1876, he conducted the first complete performance of Wagner's opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung. Richter was a leading interpreter of German music, especially that of Wagner, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Anton Bruckner. He also was a supporter of the music of English composer Sir Edward Elgar and Czech composer Antonin Dvorak.