Society meetings, usually held at Friends’ Meeting House Manchester.
Fricka - sister, goddess, wife, mother A live event on Monday 9th October at 19.oo in the Friends' Meeting House, Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NS. Fricka is often overlooked when the Ring is talked about but she is very important to the plot and has a lot to say in the relatively short time she… Continue reading Fricka – sister, goddess, wife, mother.
Wagner’s Music in Classic Hollywood Cartoons Professor Daniel Goldmark Monday 11th September at 19.oo via Zoom Almost from the moment films were shown publicly, Wagner’s music has amplified, illustrated, and otherwise guided the audience’s experience, perhaps no more effectively and notoriously than in animated cartoons. In this presentation, Daniel Goldmark provides an overview of where… Continue reading Wagner’s Music in Classic Hollywood Cartoons
Wagner as Ecocritic : a talk by Professor Kirsten Page Monday 8th May at 19.00 via Zoom In recent years, stage directors have increasingly sought to present Wagner's Ring Cycle as what Thomas Grey has referred to as an "ecological parable." But how "green" was Wagner, really? What does it mean to make that kind of assessment?… Continue reading Wagner as Ecocritic
