Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived audiobook runs 6.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Simon Callow (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.6 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Callow
Simon Callow narrates 55 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 274 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
768 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived is an audiobook by Simon Callow: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Callow, released February 6, 2018, on the Arts & Entertainment and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Callow
- Released
- February 6, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, Europe
- ISBN
- 9780525632436
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How long is the Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived audiobook?
Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
Is the Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived audiobook free?
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Who narrates Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived?
Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived is narrated by Simon Callow.