
Marilyn Emanuel I heard Tristan und Isolde on Sirius radio today....an old performance with Birgit Nillson and Carl Liebl, It gets better each time you hear it.

David Elias Fetterman Great music, looking for a good home.
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Ellen Callahan
The Rheingold cinema production from Valencia is terrific.......go to www.emergingpictures.com for US information.
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Tobias Schönberger and Jane Susanna Ennis discussed Tickets for Bayreuth Ring on the Wagneropera.net discussion board.

James Flattery and Richard Wagner discussed Best Wagner CDs on the Wagneropera.net discussion board.

Arnaldo Brignoli and Richard Wagner discussed Best Wagner CDs on the Wagneropera.net discussion board.


Linda
About Fricka and Brünnhilde: is it not obvious that Fricka is Nietsche's Apollonian reason, following the "right-hand path", while Brünnhilde, like Dionysos, (who breaks the rules), follows the "left-hand" path of the heart?
And why, one may ask, does Wotan reluctantly agree that the object and instrument of his Will,
S...iegmund, must die, while Brünnhilde, who chose to free herself from her father's EGOCENTRIC will to follow that of his heart, must share also be punished?
Seems like narcissism and self-contradiction go hand-in-hand...Creon was exactly the same with his daughter Antigone, and Wagner, being the utter genius that he was, understood human psychology as well as Carl Jung. Only through disobedience do we grow to be who we really are...Read More
And why, one may ask, does Wotan reluctantly agree that the object and instrument of his Will,
S...iegmund, must die, while Brünnhilde, who chose to free herself from her father's EGOCENTRIC will to follow that of his heart, must share also be punished?
Seems like narcissism and self-contradiction go hand-in-hand...Creon was exactly the same with his daughter Antigone, and Wagner, being the utter genius that he was, understood human psychology as well as Carl Jung. Only through disobedience do we grow to be who we really are...Read More

Geoff Stelling I was very sad this evening to hear of the death of Hildegard Behrens, perhaps the greatest recent Brunnhilde. A great singer and a great actress.

Trisha Rogers I have just been to my first complete ring cycle (the very controversial Mariinsky one at Covent Garden) and should love to get tickets for one in Bayreuth in 2010! Any advice on the best way to get (reasonably priced) tickets?

I would love to get tickets for a complete Ring cycle in Bayreuth in 2010 and should welcome advice on the best way to get (reaonably priced) tickets. Trisha

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Per-Erik Skramstad
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