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Hace 20 horas · He was the third of three children born to Richard Wagner and Cosima Liszt-von Bulow. Cosima’s marriage to Hans von Bulow was annulled in 1870, and she married Wagner in 1870. 1903 - Soviet-Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, in Tiflis (Julian date: May 24) 1915 - American composer Vincent Perischetti, in Philadelphia.
Hace 2 días · Impressed by the harbor complex in London, he tells Cosima, “Here Alberich's dream has been fulfilled - Nibelheim, world domination, bustle, labor, everywhere the pressure of vapor and mist.” It is almost mind-boggling how sharply Wagner anticipated the immanent totalitarianism of the unleashed industrial society.
Hace 2 días · Richard Wagner, German dramatic composer and theorist whose operas and music had a revolutionary influence on the course of Western music, either by extension of his discoveries or reaction against them. Among his major works are Tristan und Isolde (1865), Parsifal (1882), and The Ring of the Nibelung (1869–76).
Hace 2 días · Also on its way to the silver screen is Wagner in Venice, a fictionalised tale of the German composer’s final months in the idyllic city, surrounded by his wife, Cosima, and her father, composer and pianist Franz Liszt. The Noise of Time is set to begin production in the first half of 2025, with a release date yet to be announced.
Hace 1 día · Two weeks before the start of Longborough’s epic Ring cycle, starting on Sunday 16 June, the Cotswold opera festival has announced its plans for next year, including the UK première of a work about the composer himself, Wahnfried: The Birth of the Wagner Cult by Avner Dorman. Dorman, a 49-year-old Israeli now living in the United States, has written that his grandparents came from Germany ...
Hace 4 días · In the forthcoming Wagner in Venice, writer-director Daniel Graham fictionalises the composer’s final months in his beloved Venice with his wife, Cosima, and her father, Franz Liszt. Graham said: “It’s certainly true that we’re in the middle of a period of great interest in biopics of artists and musicians.
Hace 20 horas · Udo Zimmermann: Ich bin ein Theatermensch – Erinnerungen und Dokumente. Saskia Zimmermann & Matthias Herrmann (Hg.) Breitkopf & Härtel 408 Seiten 49 Euro. Mit „Udo Zimmermann: Ich bin ein Theatermensch“ hat Saskia Zimmermann eine Retrospektive zum Leben und Werk des Komponisten herausgegeben.
