A Theology of Wagner’s Ring Cycle Professor Richard H. Bell 12th April 2021 at 19.00 Richard is Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham. Having prepared and taught modules on the theology of Parsifal and on Brünnhilde from Die Walküre, he wrote a two-volume work on the theology of the Ring.… Continue reading A Theology of Wagner’s Ring Cycle
Opus Metaphysicum: an empty phrase? In ‘Richard Wagner in Bayreuth’, Nietzsche described Tristan und Isolde as an “opus metaphysicum”. Dr Fend of King’s College, London asks, ‘Do philosophical concepts still offer any context to listen to, and think about Wagner’s operas today? Michael Fend studied Musicology (with Carl Dahlhaus), German Literature and Philosophy at the… Continue reading Opus Metaphysicum: an empty phrase?
Adrian Boult and Wagner : What Might Have Been. The conductor Adrian Brown will be giving a talk entitled “Adrian Boult and Wagner: what might have been”. Adrian Brown comes from a distinguished line of Sir Adrian Boult’s most gifted pupils. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in London, he studied intensively with… Continue reading Adrian Boult and Wagner : What Might Have Been
