Winifred Wagner: Wahnfried, Politics and Individualism Monday 24th April 2023 at 19.00 via Zoom The name Winifred Wagner is heavy with negative meaning. Her personal association with Adolf Hitler, the Nazification of the Bayreuth Festival, and the consequent estrangement from her family have condemned the English-born orphan and wife of Richard Wagner’s son, Siegfried, to… Continue reading Winifred Wagner: Wahnfried, Politics and Individualism
The Influence of Wagner on the Creation of Contemporary Opera : an Aesthetic Reflection a talk by composer Davide Tramontato Davide Tramontano is an award winning contemporary composer, conductor and Wagner enthusiast based in Milan. Davide will talk to us about how Wagner is still influencing composing to this day. Davide has been commissioned to… Continue reading The Influence of Wagner on the Creation of Contemporary Opera : an Aesthetic Reflection
The Enigma of Parsifal - a study day at the Anthony Burgess Foundation on Saturday 13th May Registration from 09.30. First session at 10.00. Finish at 15.30. The day will be led by our president, Derek Blyth, who has led us in study days of all the Ring dramas, Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin and on… Continue reading The Enigma of Parsifal
