tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2650225739419516028..comments2024-03-30T01:32:11.664-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/30/24: Wagner the feminist? "Walküre" a sort of "Thelma & Louise" on the Rhine.Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60992229657835115352017-11-06T22:01:00.315-06:002017-11-06T22:01:00.315-06:00Wotan has essentially nothing to do with Zeus asid...Wotan has essentially nothing to do with Zeus aside from being a god and ruling other gods. He isn't the sky god like Zeus, doesn't hurl thunderbolts like Zeus ....Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674198657010416085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85460150491505131842017-11-04T19:04:32.916-05:002017-11-04T19:04:32.916-05:00As I said, it's been a year. I've adjusted...As I said, it's been a year. I've adjusted the text. Thanks.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39970341955992644942017-11-04T16:19:23.951-05:002017-11-04T16:19:23.951-05:00Nonetheless (pointing an index finger straight up)...Nonetheless (pointing an index finger straight up), another item on my bucket list is to achieve the impossible and break <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law" rel="nofollow">Poe's Law</a>!Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89120936267774693002017-11-04T15:01:45.717-05:002017-11-04T15:01:45.717-05:00Bernie, ever heard of Poe's Law? Maybe you sho...Bernie, ever heard of Poe's Law? Maybe you should bone up on it.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64501290900263984732017-11-04T11:40:56.196-05:002017-11-04T11:40:56.196-05:00I know that, the post was intended as a mockery of...I know that, the post was intended as a mockery of those who believe the Nibelung are a racist Jewish caricature created by Wagner. Or perhaps just trying to maintain my status as the holder of the Bernie Farber Trophy for skewed worldview.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-6740878314028521972017-11-04T11:07:24.339-05:002017-11-04T11:07:24.339-05:00I always thought the Kinks song "Lola" w...I always thought the Kinks song "Lola" was about a girl. No, they trace back to before the Norsemen knew what a Jew was. I think you might have just revealed more about your perception of Jews than you realize, Bernie. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13580532494336047302017-11-04T11:01:22.139-05:002017-11-04T11:01:22.139-05:00I always thought the Nibelung were Jewish, not tha...I always thought the Nibelung were Jewish, not that there's anything wrong with that, being Jewish that is or being a dwarf, or being a dwarven Jewish Jewelry maker for that matter.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28517316403382283822017-11-04T11:00:46.344-05:002017-11-04T11:00:46.344-05:00I was thinking that as well about Sieglinde and Hu...I was thinking that as well about Sieglinde and Hunding. Unless the Lyric did some sort of altering to the original, they don't show up until the second opera. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13708273064917031752017-11-04T10:10:57.577-05:002017-11-04T10:10:57.577-05:00I'm going again too. Have seen several product...I'm going again too. Have seen several production over the years, and this is the most dramatically satisfying. It's true that reading up on the plot is not necessary, since Wotan recites the whole damn thing in a monologue at the beginning of Act 2. This could be tedious because it goes on so long, but somehow isn't. And it is followed by what, for me, is the most affecting scene in the opera, the long dialog between Brunhilde and Sigmund, in which the latter takes a pass on a ticket to Valhalla because his sister/bride can't come with. <br /><br />If you must bone up on the plot of the ring, the best synopsis is probably the one delivered on record by that eminent musicologist Anna Russell.<br /><br />Musically, Wagner is popularly associated with musical bombast, but until the third act Ride of the Valkyries, about whom the aforementioned Ms. Russell accurately says, "they are the loudest women," much of the orchestral accompaniment is quite delicate.<br /><br />One quibble with Neil's wonderful exposition -- about how Sieglinde got hitched to Hunding. If memory serves, neither appear in Das Rheingold, which is all about Gods, Giants and dwarfs. <br /><br />It's true the opera evokes a barbarous time when fighting and killing were celebrated, but as many commentators have noted, the main subjects are love-paternal, filial, incestuous, etc.- and duty. Which probably explains why it is the most frequently performed Ring opera.<br /><br />Tom<br /> Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.com