Podcasts about wagner's ring cycle

*Sweater Song party chatter plays softly* On this week's show we're taking a deep dive into the wet and wild world of Richard Wagner and The Ring Cycle with Leigh Walton (@leighwalton, Top Shelf Comics). There's a TON to cover about this classical music weirdo and his incredibly dense, dramatic music that we barely wind up scratching the surface. Valkyries! Hitler! The Robot from Interstellar! And so much more! Leigh's Wagner starter guides can be found Here and Here! Like for real though gang if you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts that would be stellar. I know you're sick of hearing people say "it like super helps tho" but it like super helps tho

This is episode 2 of 3 in a series about Richard Wagner's collection of German Operas, "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (the "Ring Cycle" in English). In this episode, I share about just how the Ring Cycle is superlative in every way: monstrously expensive, notoriously difficult to stage, ridiculously hard to sing. Why? How? And who was the secret patron that made it all possible, when it would have otherwise failed due to the composer's inability to focus and handle his debts? Come learn about how the Ring Cycle is—arguably—the greatest story ever told, at least on stage. (Photo credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is episode 1 of 3 in a series about Richard Wagner's collection of German Operas, "Der Ring des Nibelungen" (the "Ring Cycle" in English). Discussed are Looney Tunes, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, "it ain't over 'till the fat lady sings!" and more. Learn about just how impactful the Ring Cycle has been on western culture, music, and more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Over the month of August, we'll be boiling down the massively influential (and long) operas of Wagner's Ring Cycle to their most important moments. In preparation for these ten upcoming episodes, we discuss the life and music of the controversial Richard Wagner, and go over what we'll be covering as we review his magnum opus, as well as what we'll leave out.

Tom Service explores classical music's ultimate binge-listening box set - Richard Wagner's apocalyptic four-part 16-hour marathon music drama, The Ring. Cram packed with heroes, heroines, gods and goddesses, it took 25 years to write and has inspired everyone from JRR Tolkien to Francis Ford Coppola and Bugs Bunny. Selfishness, deception, hypocrisy, greed, destruction; like all good box sets they're all in there, but what's The Ring really about? And what can we, and perhaps today's world leaders, learn from it? Tom has half an hour to find out.

What do Star Wars, The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, and Wagner's Ring Cycle have in common? They all make use of leitmotifs! Pour a beer and learn about this popular musical device that can be found in everything from opera to Hollywood blockbusters.

American bass Soloman Howard, winner of the 2019 Marian Anderson Vocal Award, joins the OBS crew 'Inside the Huddle' to talk about leading the way as a black artist at the apogee of American opera... Then, the team bring you their guide to Wagner's Ring Cycle! What is it? What does it take to survive four nights of opera? Why do us opera people like talking about it so much...? In the 'Two Minute Drill', figure out the value of a giant golden statue head... www.facebook.com/OBSCHI1 www.operaboxscore.com www.wnur.org/popup

Sean Rafferty presents highlights from the last week on In Tune including some of the latest stars to grace the stage of the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms. Soprano Joyce DiDonato talks Berlioz, the award-winning Aris Quartet perform live and discuss their Proms debut, and we hear from singer Mikaela Bennett about her role at the phenomenal John Wilson Orchestra Prom celebrating the 'Golden Age of Hollywood'. Also the directors of Grimeborn opera festival stop by to talk about their reinvention of Wagner's Ring Cycle.

This week, we're back to Wagner's Ring Cycle, but still talking about a super hero origin story of sorts. A young man who knows no fear, the reforging of magical and powerful weapon, slaying a dragon, rescuing a woman from a deep sleep in dangerous surroundings - this sounds familiar...

TARA ARIANO and SARAH D. BUNTING of the EXTRA HOT GREAT podcast return for 2018's THE WEDDING MARCH 3: HERE COMES THE BRIDE and: This beautiful gazebo ... THEME ... Christmas memories ... Gotti ... A soothing movie ... Weather and kiss failure ... Grownup conversations ... WHEN ARE THEY GETTING MARRIED??? ... Second-sequel energy ... BREAK ... The Expositional Challenge ... Empty on Valentine's ... Spot the Angel: Duke reprise, Olivia's bullying mom, Johnny ... Duke on Stargate ... Duke's Lair, without comfort or sustenance ... Classic Lines: Stripper heels, no ass, manky wig, Julie's swimsuit modeling, a fashion designer in London, Nora and Olivia's identical fashion, Marvin Berry's blue suit, black bridesmaids' dresses, trying on the bride's dress, a chain store where royalty shops ... BREAK ... Mick's Music Update: Fake keyboard playing; not enough Wagner numbers; awful mixing, room tone and ADR; last-minute booking; repeated "surprise" takes; ducks callback ... Eat Your Heart Out: Frumpy midwestern food; clearing out the farmer's market; Julie's BS chef dreams; take a job anywhere; onions are really important; Julie smiling, wincing and leering; breaded loaves and gray meated loaves; have a breakup sandwich ... BREAK ... Hallmark Expanded Universe: Mick and Lori Loughlin share a sister, Duke may be Wallace Shawn, and Nora and Johnny shop at Garbage Store Mysteries ... Overdetermined: Men and women aren't the same (with shooting stars and Rockford music) vs. "early spring" themes vs. Francesca ... Crossover: Jack Wagner's The Sopranos vs. Julie's LA gap year vs. Swing revival bankruptcy ... Build-a-Buré Workshop: "Bastille Day" vs. "I Dos Svidaniya" vs. Olivia's Daughter's 30-year cold-feet wedding or Trent Brushwood meets Duke and the Penelope Device ... Penelope, the Alexa baby monitor that owns you ... "Play something fun to dance to" ... BREAK ... Hallmark Bechtel Test: Yes, but applying the test here is flawed ... The Leftovers: Zero-employee cleanup ... Julie stealing Duke's job ... Bonnie's childhood dream wedding ... "It's Bonnie! Your sister!" ... Wyatt died vs. the Wyatt budget ... #MeToo'd Wyatt ... "I'll be on the edge of the property" ... Non-white speaking actor! ... Grow a beard, Wagner ... Confinscated for the nuptials ... Julie's post-teen relationship advice ... Rating: 3 ... Merry Christmas ... • MUSIC: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather • "You and Me" by Jack Wagner • "Common Man," by Jack Wagner • "Burning Heart," by Survivor • "All I Need," by Jack Wagner • All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: "Orchestral Sports Theme" by Chris Collingwood and Rick Murnane

Everything was going too fast. Everybody was talking too fast. Everybody was moving too fast. Jad Abumrad is the creator and one of the hosts of Radiolab. The son of a scientist and a doctor, Jad grew up in Tennessee. Jad is also the producer of The Ring & I about Wagner's Ring Cycle. Join the "10 Things That Scare Me" conversation, and tell us your fears here. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

TARA ARIANO and SARAH D. BUNTING of Previously.tv and the Extra Hot Great podcast return for The Wedding March 2: Resorting to Love and have to realize that: The White House has a leak, needs a plumber! ... The Melman wedding ... THEME ... Wedding marching again and getting predictions wrong ... What catalogue is this like leafing through? ... Leaning into the problems of the first movie ... Canadian Fred Weller ... BREAK ... The Expositional Challenge ... Wyatt (an heir who goes to STATE, by the way) ... Wagner's 110% effort, especially on dad paranoia ... Just exploit Wyatt already ... Mick's suicidal business plan ... Insufficient Duke ... A cappella warmup with the movie's single ... Mick and Olivia's INSANE celibacy ... BREAK ... Spot the Angel: Wyatt vs. Bridezilla vs. Mick and Olivia as mutual angels ... Classic Lines: Jack Wagner's useless disguise; chaste styles a couple cycles behind; bad rehearsal dinner hair; improved Josie Bissett wig; Ann Taylor loft, for sure; obscuring Bissett's enviable figure; Starburst-ass bowties; ill-fitting wedding gown; Bissett meets Warhol; fuchsia blazer, fuchsia shirt; dressing like Dianne Feinstein; *Seven Mary Three voice* Cumberbund; not a fan of the bund ... BREAK ... Plugs ... Eat Your Heart Out: Romantic dinner without romance; watered down wine; what the fuck was that wedding???; scattershot bridezilla; personalized ice sculptures; huge 34-person wedding; personalized cakes; cucumber-infused water ... BREAK ... Hallmark Expanded Universe: Duck veterinarian; neighboring set visit; editors always editing; children's book editor from Magical Christmas Ornaments; Paul Greene and Erika Christensen's poached fried chicken ... Overdetermined: Hallmark can't mock crazy-elaborate weddings even as it needs to; badgering a husband who clearly regressively doesn't care; a doormat for every ballbreaker; angry at upselling; drone incompetence; Mick and Olivia pick a proxy fight ... The Blowjob Question ... Crossover: You've Got Mail (which sucked! and the evil people won!) vs. Better Call Saul scamming vs. Eating victim ... BREAK ... Hallmark Bechdel Test: Completely no or ALMOST completely no ... Rating: 3, frequently baffled, never bored, too bridezilla'd ... More drones ... Leftovers: Special Marriage Dale Cooper ... Blake Shelton ... Melrose crossover, no McDonald's ... Double booking Univac ... Hugging your innkeeper ... Clip-art wedding logo and butt pendant ... Stanning for wallpaper ... His ass remains young ... Teaching "sha na na na na na" to your students ... We're marching back for #3! ... • MUSIC: "Fuck You If You Don't Like Christmas," from Crudbump, by Drew Fairweather • "If U Want It," from Cyber-Vision, by Drew Fairweather • "You and Me," by Jack Wagner • "Lighting Up the Night" by Jack Wagner • "Drivin' Miss Daisy" by Jack Wagner • "All I Need" by Jack Wagner • "Audrey's Dance" by Angelo Badalamenti • All other music by Chris Collingwood of Look Park and Fountains of Wayne, except: • ESPN NFL Primetime Theme #3

Yes, we're back. Hurrah etc. And we've loads to talk about, which is probably just as well, including new dramas Kiri and Next Of Kin, the return of Silent Witness (and its resemblance to Wagner's Ring Cycle, obviously...), the start of ITV's new quiz Britain's Brightest Family, and why BBC2's Inside No.9 may well be the only television programme you ever really need to watch. Enjoy!

This is a recording of the 45-min lecture I gave at the magical woodland glade that the folks at the Southbank created for the events around Opera North's performance of the whole of Wagner's Ring Cycle.

The mezzo talks about performing in Wagner's Ring Cycle with Opera North.

When a new production of Wagner's Ring Cycle is planned, opera administrators bank on a significant portion of their audience coming from the ranks of Wagnerites or "Ring Nuts," a breed of Wagner-lovers known for traveling globally to feed their unrelenting hunger for opera's greatest epic. Wagnerites are classical music's super-fans. They gather in Wagner Societies, sign up for group ticket offers, attend conferences and debate finer points of productions and recordings. Many are enthralled with the ritual aspects of attending a Ring Cycle, which typically takes place over the course of a week. And in this, the composer's bicentenary year, there have been plenty of opportunities. This represents a degree of fandom that one seldom finds with Puccini or Verdi, says Will Berger, author of the book Wagner without Fear and a producer at the Metropolitan Opera. "Just by the resources you need to produce Wagner, it’s going to be a different sort of experience,” he told host Naomi Lewin. "It is a destination. It has to be. It’s meant to take up a week of your life and be a thing apart." Like Deadheads or Trekkies, Wagner fans are drawn together by a shared expertise, said Joli Jensen, a communications professor at the University of Tulsa who has studied fans and fandom. "Fans are misrepresented as crazy people trying to compensate for something missing in their lives,” she noted. “But in fact they’re really experts. They’re experts who don’t have institutional credentials but are eager to enact and display and share their expertise and their passion." One such fan is Andrew Zacks, a self-professed Wagnerite who estimates he has attended nearly 50 Ring Cycles, including one in the Amazon jungle. "To me Wagner signifies the 19th century," he said. "If I want to have a time transport to the 19th century I go see a Wagner opera. It changes your perception of time, the politics – everything is tumultuous in the way the 19th century was." Zacks embraces the social rituals, starting with elaborate intermission meals and post-performance gatherings with fellow fans and occasionally, performers. Avoiding the usual "business casual" dress, he enjoys wearing black tie to some performances and even Lederhosen when attending a show in Germany (no horned helmets, however). “The conviviality of experiencing it in that fashion is beyond compare," he notes.  But how does one become obsessed with a composer who is also known for his nasty anti-Semitism and misogyny? "I think you have to put him in his historical context," said Zacks. "A lot of people would like to ban Wagner's music and blame him for the people who liked his music in the future, which I think is a little unfair. There was a lot of anti-Semitism in the 19th century." Of course, Hitler became a Wagner fan of sorts, too. But the composer’s admirers have also included many who are eager to understand and confront his darker side head on. Jensen believes that such fans can serve as a model for others. "That’s why I want fans to have a voice, where they can share their enthusiasm and their passion and their experience," she said. "We can all learn to become richer aesthetically by learning through fans what we’re missing when we’re not fans." Weigh in: Are you a Wagnerite? What draws you to the composer's music? Leave your comments below.

A guide to Das Rheingold, the first opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring the Royal Opera House's director of opera Kasper Holten and music director Antonio Pappano, opera historian Sarah Lenton and Wagner experts John Deathridge and Mark Berry.

A guide to Die Walkure, the second opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring the Royal Opera House’s music director Antonio Pappano, singers Susan Bullock and John Tomlinson, opera historian Sarah Lenton, and Wagner experts Laurence Dreyfus and Mark Berry.

A guide to Siegfried, the third opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring the Royal Opera House's music director Antonio Pappano, director Keith Warner, opera historian Sarah Lenton and Wagner experts Laurence Dreyfus and Mark Berry.

A guide to Gotterdammerung, the fourth and final opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle, featuring singers John Tomlinson and Susan Bullock, opera historian Sarah Lenton and Wagner experts John Deathridge and Mark Berry.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the British bass John Tomlinson. He is most famous as Wotan - ruler of the gods in Wagner's Ring Cycle. In fact, it's a role he has made so much his own that the composer's grandson says it could almost have been written with him in mind. Growing up in a Methodist family music was a natural part of life, yet he studied to be an engineer until the urge to sing became too powerful to ignore. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Concerto For Violin And Strings In D Minor Largo by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Flora and Fauna of a Tropical Desert Island Luxury: A box of lenses