Loving Wagner, Hating Wagner...and the Middle Path
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Seattle Opera Scholar-in-Residence Naomi Andr\\xe9 and Dramaturg Jonathan Dean discuss the most controversial of all opera composers, Richard Wagner, whose DIE WALK\\xdcRE the company will present, in concert (and abridged) at Fisher Pavilion on August 28. Wagner\\u2019s astonishing masterpieces continue to challenge and delight audiences, although his legacy is tainted because of his obnoxious attitudes and how his work was appropriated by the Third Reich. Andr\\xe9 and Dean discuss approaching Wagner, not from an \\u2018either/or\\u2019 mentality, but from a \\u201cboth...and\\u201d way of thinking.
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