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A few Thoughts and Memories of my Introduction to Siegfried Wagner
It was in the early sixties that I made my first and long awaited visit to Bayreuth. Wilhelm Pitz, the chorus master of the Bayreuth Theatre had most kindly sought permission for me to sit at the back of the o...
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The Image of Byzantium in Sonnenflammen
Operas on Byzantine themes are plentiful enough in the Baroque tradition of historical drama that includes works such as Alessandro Scarlatti’s La Teodora augusta, Handel’s (and Legrenzi’s) Giustino, Antonio Lott...
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Clement Harris and the Wagner Family
One may start as well with a self-portrait of the artist as a young man, made in Heidelberg on November 19th, 1893:
In stature I am about 5ft 8. I weigh exactly 11 stone, I am not bad-looking but am...