Reading Wagner’s Ring has been fun and fascinating-I thought a lot about @nathankhensley.bsky.social’s Action without Hope (which comes to characterise Wotan’s behaviour thru the cycle)-as it’s about extraction of the Rhinegold, breaches of contract, & violence against women, ending in apocalypse
Dr Andrew McInnes
Uh, I bought another book, obviously
Dr Andrew McInnes
So I bought the book obviously
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Had to listen to the end of Act 3 (from Siegfried’s funeral match onwards) twice as after nearly 15 hours the climax almost came too fast 🖤
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Onto Götterdämmerung
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Siegfried forging Nothung is some more very contemporary sounding joyful percussion 🖤🖤
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Oh my god The Valkyrie has a beautiful ending with Brunnhilde immured in flame by Loge, as represented by some gorgeous flute, I think 🖤
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I have reached The Ride of the Valkyries - so, this opera is horn-y AND horny, huh!
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Finished Das Rheingold - I loved the percussion! Which sounded contemporary? Although it probably represented the ring being made?
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Tangential to the recent discourse on fascist art, I have started listening to the new Nibelungen out of Dallas - see y’all in 14 hours or so!
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen. Delos: DE3624. Buy 13 CDs or download online. Mark Delavan (Wotan/Wanderer), Lise Lindstrom (Brünnhilde), Daniel Johansson (Siegfried), Sara Jakubiak (Sieglinde), Chri...
