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Richard Wagner and Gesamtkunstwerk

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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Richard Wagner and Gesamtkunstwerk

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