"Richard Wagner's operas (sic) can sustain alchemical interpretations, just as they can be made to illustrate Rudolf Steiner's version of cosmic history, or practically any theory one wants to press upon them. But Wagner was no Hermeticist" Gnosis and Hermeticism from Antiquity to Modern Times", Joscelyn Godwin.
R. Strauss’s Capriccio, Salzburger Festspiele, 26.07.2024
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I find it difficult to be objective about R. Strauss’s Capriccio, for the
underlying feeling behind the whole experience is a sense of gratitude for
having...
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