Saturday 2 August 2014

Professor John Deathridge on Wagner's beret

Super to hear John Deathridge discussing Wagner and the Bayreuth Festival recently on Radio 3. The problematic historical legacy still casts its shadow, as the dynasty continues to reproduce the works, this year apparently to the consternation of critics and public united.

John's lecture on Wagner's shifting political positions and headgear (for once, this is not the spell check's diabolical suggestion for Heidegger) is hilarious. Wonderfully witty and elegant, just like his prose: