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Wotan and Brunhilde
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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Marc Eliot Stein and Bud Parr, two software developers and literary bloggers from New York City, sat through all 18.5 hours of Richard Wagner's "Ring des Nibuleng" cycle at the Metropolitan Opera this year, and lived to tell the tale. Actually, we were both very impressed. In our latest exploration of opera's often misunderstood literary side, we focus on the dramatic and mythical aspects of Wagner's masterpiece, and also talk about feral children, Fellini movies, #MeToo (Wagner has problems here), Johnny Cash, anti-semitism, the wonderful soprano Christine Goerke who kills it as Brunhilde, red Mustangs and much more.
Released:
May 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (19)
Fiordiligi and Nicola: How I Used Osmosis To Get Over My Lifelong Inability To Love And Understand Opera by Lost Music: Exploring Literary Opera