Roger Scruton and Wagner February 14th 18.45 for 19.00 zoom meeting talk by John Payne This will be a celebration of Roger Scruton's insights into Wagner, with plenty of video/audeo clips from talks he gave, and a presentation of some of the themes that occur throughout his varied writing on the composer. It will not… Continue reading Roger Scruton and Wagner
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BOC RhineGold
Birmingham Opera Company's RhineGold A talk by Richard Willacy, the executive director of the company. Monday 13th December 2021
Wagner in Venice
Wagner in Venice Simon Rees Monday 8th November Richard Wagner spent two significant periods in Venice, the first in 1858 when he went there from Zurich after the breakdown of his marriage over his friendship with the poet Mathilde von Wesendonck, and the second in 1883, when he and Cosima, his second wife, wintered… Continue reading Wagner in Venice