Unveiling Wagner! The Ring Cycle, His Terminology and the Bayreuther Festspielhaus 🎭🎶

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What? You've never heard of Wagner? Well, get ready for an immersive journey into the captivating realm of Richard Wagner and 19th-century opera.

Months of meticulous preparation went into creating this experience. Filming on location in Bayreuth (By-roit) in the summer of 2020 provided firsthand insights. Countless hours were spent researching, curating rich visual material, recording narration, and mastering video editing—an odyssey that spanned months.

But the journey doesn't end there. I've carefully chosen music to enrich your Wagnerian experience.

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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Who is Wagner
01:24 Affairs with Married Women
02:14 Wagnerian Terminology: Unendliche Melodie, Leitmotif, Gesamtkunstwerk
03:26 The Ring Cycle
04:28 Lord of the Rings
04:54 Why His Own Opera House
05:07 Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth and Wilhelmine
05:55 Wagnerian Orchestra
06:04 History of Bayreuth Festival Theater (Festspielhaus)
07:00 Innovations of the Festspielhaus
08:37 The Orchestra Pit and Its Effects
10:41 The Experience of the Festspielhaus
11:22 Inauguration of the Festspielhaus