Word: wagner
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...offensive line is a bit of a question mark, since the squad's only two All-Ivy selections (offensive guard Ken Johnson and center Mike Wagner) also graduated...
...devoted to the classics. He does not waste precious minutes on "garbage," a category in which he includes news, weather, and the time, among many other things. At WVCA, Geller leads off a typical morning lineup with Camille Saint-Saens and Sergei Rachmaninoff back to back, followed by Richard Wagner. He has no knack for pedantry; it is enough to play the music. When a visitor asks the name of a piece, he replies, "That's a piano concerto by Bronsart, who you probably never heard of. I don't know anything about him. A lot of the unknown composers...
...seeming naivete of Swiss Director Francois Rochaix and American Designer Robert Israel, however, is the result of a thoughtful and ultimately respectful examination of the sense of the piece. Rochaix and Israel are not the first to note the parallels between Wagner's life and his works, but few have ever acted on them so explicitly. Central to understanding the Seattle Opera's Ring is the notion that Wagner and Wotan are cognates, and that just as the composer uses leitmotivs, or musical symbols, to weave and bind his sprawling tapestry, so should Wotan employ theatrical symbols -- props -- to underscore...
...forthcoming battle with Hunding, it is imperative that the exhausted fighter actually look upon her for the scene to make dramatic sense, especially since English supertitles are used. Further, some of the ideas are not very original. The use of 19th century costume (Wotan is dressed to look like Wagner) is borrowed from Chereau, while some of the tableaux, particularly those that involve characters suspended from wires, evoke the striking images of Theater Artist Robert Wilson...
Although Rosenthal's tempos tend toward the inflexible, sometimes leaving sluggish singers to catch up as best they can, he never swamps them in Wagnerian sound. Clean and elegant, Rosenthal's interpretation reflects an approach one does not usually associate with Wagner. "Some people will be surprised," he says, "but the Ring is lots of fun." In a production that compels rethinking Wagner's monument, the casting of Rosenthal is the most daring element...