Wagner Was A Socialble Chap: Now On Bluesky

Sadly, Twitter is not the place it was for those interested in the arts a few years ago - never mind 15 or so. So, we are more active on our Facebook page and on Bluesky Social. Sadly. While it is still in beta, it remains invitation-only (although it is possible to simply go on a ‘waiting list’), but we hope that this changes soon. It seems much more civilised – at least for now – than Twitter. We hope that it can become the reliable news source that Twitter once was. If you are on Bluesky Social, please connect with us at this address https://bsky.app/profile/thewagnerian.bsky.social  or find @thewagnerian.bsky.social

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Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Fazil Say) : Liebestod

From the new album: "Liebestod - Works for Violin and Piano" from Friedemann Eichhorn & Fazıl Say

Turkish pianist and composer Fazil Say is joined by his long-standing friend, the violinist Friedemann Eichhorn, in an album of mid-19th-century German repertoire. Influenced by Liszt, Say's ingenious transcriptions of the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde are heard here in world premiere recordings. The composite F-A-E Sonata of Dietrich, Schumann and Brahms is seldom encountered as a whole, while Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 1, though written at a time of unhappiness, contains moments of glorious beauty and intimacy.

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From Wascally Wabbit to Wagner

From 2016, but still, who can't resist an excuse for Bugs and Elmer perform Wagner:

Many of the people involved in the Washington National Opera's production of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle say their first exposure to opera came from the same source--Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoons

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