I really love how unhinged classical artists were. (This is about Richard Wagner, composer of the Ring cycle) - ThreadSky

amandawtwong.bsky.social • 22 days ago

I really love how unhinged classical artists were. (This is about Richard Wagner, composer of the Ring cycle)

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One cannot pass up mentioning Anna Russell if the words "Wagner" and "unhinged" are mentioned, and especially "Ring Cycle." https://youtu.be/m69aPAo1rXE?si=opkb5Wab6Ni2900e

gettheorion.bsky.social•22 days ago

wife is a Wagnerian contralto. I just read this to her and she burst out laughing "yeah, that sounds like him." 🤣💚

thomasafranz.bsky.social•22 days ago

Lol

evildrwinter.bsky.social•22 days ago

Tangentially related, and have to share. King Ludwig II of Bavaria had the hots for Wagner, so he built this unhinged grotto at Neuschwanstein Castle, where Ludwig make Wagner serenade him in a boat floating on the pool under man-made stalactites while making repeated passes at Wagner. What weirdos.

deloucious.bsky.social•22 days ago

Well, he was an antisemitic arrogant asshole. That tracks.

pwaldkirch.bsky.social•22 days ago

I can't resist this opportunity to show off my Wagner busts, especially the Little Wagner I got recently at the Taipei Miniatures Museum

leospalteholz.bsky.social•22 days ago

Rig up one of those to emit a high pitched scream when you least expect it

pwaldkirch.bsky.social•22 days ago

"And now...a reading from Oper und Drama."

bogmunds.bsky.social•22 days ago

ambignostic.bsky.social•22 days ago

Big Richard , little Richard

shifuyaku.bsky.social•22 days ago

I get urges to read books to people all the time, I don't get where it comes from.

doodlyroses.com•22 days ago

Absolute unrestrained toddler behavior

jtindahaus.bsky.social•22 days ago

At home we call this "NOTICE ME NOTICE ME SISS BOOM BAH" and it is said with major mom side eye in a low flat tone to discourage such behaviour.

superirma.bsky.social•22 days ago

I love how unhinged that is

shaunstewart.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hector Berlioz's autobiography is an wild ride. I remember one story of how he was in medical school and jumped out the window because he was shocked by the sight of a cadaver.

lovestealstheday.bsky.social•22 days ago

Cringing through the centuries

cygnusmaximus.bsky.social•22 days ago

Wagner was unhinged in some very, very horrific and abhorrent ways.
Have you seen the documentary Stephen Fry did about him and his music? I highly recommend it, if not!

aadip.bsky.social•22 days ago

Anti-semitic, massive racist, fave composer of Hitler’s, Wagner?

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