Welcome to my new Wagner Page! Be patient while I reconstruct it from the ruins of the old one........(think how long it took to compose the RING!!) Eventually, you will be able to visit a whole range of sites devoted to the work of Richard Wagner.
Click on the image to visit a German language Wagner discussion forum
Click on this photograph of Hermann Levi, the first conductor of PARSIFAL, to see an appeal for the upkeep of his grave.
You will probably want to visit Bayreuth!!
Are you wondering what a William Morris graphic is doing here? Click on it, and it will take you to part of my Ph.D thesis, which explains the connection between Morris and Wagner. (Yes, there is one.....but you won't find it unless you click on the graphic! Although there is a clue in the fact that the background is also a Morris design!)
OK, I won't keep you in suspense - William Morris wrote an epic poem , SIGURD THE VOLSUNG, which is based on the same medieval literature as the RING.And if you are interested, you can follow this up by going HERE.
Click HERE to read about Scottish Opera's wonderful RING (2003).
I have added some illustrations of the TRISTAN AND ISOLDE theme by AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Continuing with the subject of TRISTAN -- click HERE to read my review of English National Opera's production of TRISTAN AND ISOLDE (24th. May 2003).
If you want to follow up the Arthurian connection in greater detail, visit THE CAMELOT PROJECT
I felt that an image of Beardsley's SIEGFRIED should also be included
Click on the image of Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) to read his article on TANNHAUSER in Paris
Congratulations! You are Sieglinde from Richard Wagner's Die Walkure [for the uninformed, the second opera in the Ring Cycle]. You like incest, but that's okay, it happens in mythology. After you run off with your twin brother Siegmund, Wotan [or Daddy, to you] is not pleased and orders your death. Ha! You'll show him, give birth to the hero to come, and ruin his relationship with his favorite daughter. Too bad you die off-stage.
Your voice is PERFECT for singing Wagner! Rich, Powerful,Dramatic! Wagner wrote for the Dramatic, Heavy-Voiced Soprano. Roles such as Brunnhilde and Fricka in the RING Cycle Would suit you brilliantly. You're a Womanly Goddess with a Voice that fills a room and the curves to fill out that Golden Valkyrie Corset and then some! (Bet you look really cute with flaxen plaits and a spear too!)
You are Igraine, the mother of King Arthur. You go with the flow, never putting yourself before others. Igraine lived by her duty whether it was to her crown, her husband, or her country.
~Euterpe~
Your muse is Euterpe, the Giver of Pleasure. Contrary to what I'm sure your mind has just leapt to (get it out of the gutter!), she is the muse of Music. Her symbol is the flute. You like most kinds of music, and like to sing and probably compose a little bit when you're alone.
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to visit a German language Wagner discussion forum
