Classical Music

usonian

(14,592 posts) Sat Oct 19, 2024, 07:16 PM Oct 19

Opera Lounge with Siegfried from the ring cycle 7 Pacific.

Tiki Lounge at 5.

So ready your Mai Tai's and chill the Gewürztraminer for the Wagner.

From Sean:

The Clemens Krauss Ring Cycle continues this Saturday with Seigfried at 7pm PST and of course preceded by our fantastic and fun Tiki Lounge at 5pm PST.

https://live365.com/station/Bianco-s-Opera-Lounge-a27807

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Opera Lounge with Siegfried from the ring cycle 7 Pacific. (Original Post) usonian Oct 19 OP

"Forest Murmurs" is one of the most achingly beautiful things Aristus Oct 19 #1

I know that you've sern my earlier post, but for those who haven't: usonian Oct 19 #2

I was listening to Anna Russell when I was around eleven. Hilarious! Aristus Oct 19 #3

Aristus

(68,615 posts)

1. "Forest Murmurs" is one of the most achingly beautiful things

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2024, 07:26 PM

Oct 19

Wagner ever wrote. Siegfried can be an obnoxious bastard (and Speight Jenkins, former General Director of Seattle Opera, reminds us that he is a teenaged kid with immense power), but his loneliness and longing in this piece are heartbreaking.

usonian

(14,592 posts)

2. I know that you've sern my earlier post, but for those who haven't:

Reply to Aristus (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 19, 2024, 07:51 PM

Oct 19

If you are unfamiliar with The Ring, Anna Russel's commentary is a blast.

Siegfied gets his share of chuckles.

Agree on the forest music.

I'll have to compare with A Siegfried Idyll

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Idyll

Aristus

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3. I was listening to Anna Russell when I was around eleven. Hilarious!

Reply to usonian (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 19, 2024, 08:03 PM

Oct 19

I always thought of the Siegfried Idyll as the “end credits” of the Ring Cycle. Kind of like those war movies in which the end credits include clips of the characters.

It’s like saying: “It’s all right. Everyone’s okay; no one is dead. It was just an opera.”

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