Richard Wagner and Gesamtkunstwerk
Update: 2025-11-03
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Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am excited again to continue our chat about 19th century opera, with today’s focus being on the works of Richard Wagner. We will learn that Wagner wasn’t just a composer; he was a dramatist, philosopher, and provocateur whose ideas reshaped what opera could be. His music is monumental and his legacy is deeply complicated. TW: discussing antisemitism, Hitler, Third Reich.
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Operas mentioned in this episode:
The Flying Dutchman
Tannhäuser
Lohengrin
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Tristan und Isolde
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Parsifal
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