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Michael Portillo On Richard Wagner

Michael Portillo On Richard Wagner

Text of remarks made by Michael Portillo at the Longborough Festival Opera, Friday 2 July 1999. "Then there’s Mime, the whining and p... Read on →

New Book: Roger Scruton "The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung"

New Book: Roger Scruton "The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung"

Due to be published June 30 2016. Sadly very little information available on Dr Scruton's new book around the subject of Wagner and th... Read on →

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