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Wagner in Venice: Directed by Gianni Di Capua. With Vasco Mirandola, Marina Thovez, Mario Zucca. The photographic art of Carlo Naya, as preserved in surprisingly beautiful glass negatives, sets the scene for Richard Wagner's Venice.
- Gianni Di Capua
- 52
- Documentary
- Vasco Mirandola, Marina Thovez, Mario Zucca
Wagner in Venice: Directed by Daniel Graham. With Marton Csokas. Richard and Cosima Wagner arrive in Venice following the première of Parsifal in 1882. His father-in-law, Franz Liszt, follows soon after as news of a comet headed towards earth launches Wagner into composing one final piece of music.
- Daniel Graham
- 100
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Marton Csokas
Wagner in Venice. BIOGRAPHY. Richard Wagner was a German composer best known for his operas, primarily the monumental four-opera cycle “Der Ring des Nibelungen”. He was born Wilhelm Richard Wagner on May 22, 1813, in Leipzig, Germany. He was the ninth child in the family of Carl Wagner, a police clerk.
Sep 27, 2021 · An exciting new commission to be heard for the first time in the Highlands. It was well received by the audience. Not quite the real thing but close. A CD of this new work is available from 22nd October. After a short interval, the concert finished with a rousing performance of the popular Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor.
The photographic art of Carlo Naya, as preserved in surprisingly beautiful glass negatives, sets the scene for Richard Wagner's Venice. In a recording studio, an actor supplies the voice for ...
This documentary by Gianni di Capua is set in a timeless Venice magically evoked through photographic glass negatives, and brought to life by voice-overs that recount the unpublished story of the last days of Richard Wagner's life. A letter from the great composer himself, a book published just after his death and the diary of his wife Cosima ...
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Sep 22, 2021 · On 29 August 1859, a forty-six year old Richard Wagner, already quite famous, arrives for the first time in Venice. He seeks inspiration, tranquility and absolute isolation. He stayed for seven months between the Danieli, a place that can boast a very long series of great names in the German musical world and beyond (Balzac, Debussy, Sand but also Goethe, Mary Shelley and many others), and ...
