Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Hypocrisy is the salient feature, the peculiar characteristic, of every century of our Christian era, right down to our own day; and indeed this vice has always stalked abroad with more crying shamelessness, in direct proportion as mankind, in spite of Christendom, has refreshed its vigour from its own unquenchable and inner well-spring, and ripened toward the fulfilment of its true purpose. Nature...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
"Richard Wagner and his works will remain a sensitive topic in Israel for many years, the Israeli Opera's new musical director, conductor David Stern, told reporters yesterday. I don't think it's such a great loss to Israeli audiences. I still conduct Wagner in other places around the world, but there are many other things that are worthwhile to conduct here.'"...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
In "Winnie and Wolf," historian and biographer A.N. Wilson turns to fiction to speculate on an affair between Winifred Wagner, daughter-in-law of composer Richard Wagner, and Adolf Hitler.
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
... love object (Romy Schneider, “What’s New Pussycat'”), his passion for the music and poetry of Richard Wagner (Trevor Howard), and ridiculously opulent castles to house what may or may not be all-male orgies. Naturally, his reign doesn’t exactly end on a high note. Considering that Visconti was considered the founder of the real-time loving neorealist movement, and that this director’s...
mitchieville (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
... talking about is called “ What’s Opera Doc? (Kill the Wabbit).” What’s Opera Doc? is a parody of a Richard Wagner opera. Sometimes it’s called Kill the Wabbit , from a line Fudd sang in the cartoon (Kill the Wabbit comes from Ride of the Valkyries.) Other than What’s Opera Doc? is one of the best cartoons ever made, I know nothing else about it. Dmorris was excited when he thought...
Trendfo.com Hottest Trends (Free subscription) | 27/12/2008
... December 24, 2008Rating: 21/2 stars (fair-good) Judging by Mark Twain's comment about the music of Richard Wagner ("better than it sounds"), if Twain were around to see "Valkyrie" he'd likely say it's better than it s… (blogcritics.org) - December 11, 2008Valkyrie is a moment in history that needed to be retold. December is notorious for holiday flicks. It is also a time where American...
SymbianPinoy® Resources (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
Dreamweaver CS4 All-in-One For Dummies Author: Sue Jenkins, Richard Wagner | For Dummies | 2008 | English | 816 pages | PDF | 10,8 MB Web site designers, Web developers, and visual designers all use Dreamweaver CS4 to build world class Web sites. Whether you're just starting out or you're a design pro, DreamweaverCS4 All-In-One for Dummies makes Web development easy! You'll start with...
IPE at UNC (Free subscription) | 14/12/2008
Alex Tabarrok finds this question remarkable: "can market transactions generate institutional arrangements that impair the market economy?" That question was asked in 2006 by Richard Wagner, one of Tabarrok's colleagues at George Mason University. I guess the point was the question foresaw the current financial crisis (Wagner mentioned the securitization of debt earlier in his...
The Austrian Economists (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
I have already mentioned Edward Weick from the world of financial affairs who out in front of the current crisis, but in the world of academics let me also nominate my colleague Richard Wagner. Dick Wagner is one of the...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
... Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner, the King's inspiring muse. Although public photography of the interior is not permitted, it is the most photographed building in Germany and is one of the country's most popular tourist destinations. I wish we could put up our photos because we were treated to quite a sight....
Marginal Revolution (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Our colleague, Richard Wagner, a leading light in the public choice revolution, wrote the following remarkable question for the 2005-2006 graduate political economy preliminary exam at George Mason. Joseph Schumpeter claimed that capitalism would give way to socialism largely for...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
If Richard Wagner could be said to have laid the blueprint for the development of heavy metal, as some claim, then Giacomo Puccini was certainly the model for heavy rock's bad attitude regarding women.
Autopia (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
... The Great Hall, The Library of Congress, 15 October 1997. Music: Themes from Grosse Fantasia aus Richard Wagner's "Die Walküre" arranged by Arthur Seidel, orchestrated for brass band by Robert Sheldon. Played by members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders. (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... were no over-head lights to brighten up the court. Out of the darkness of the Jean Pierre Complex, Richard Wagner's "Rienzi Overture" came to life as members of bp Renegades did not allow the disappointment to take away from their performance.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
To contemporary ears there is nothing unusual about the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's program this weekend that matches Brahms' First Piano Concerto with orchestral excerpts from Richard Wagner's operas "Tannäuser" and "Die Meistersinger." Here are beloved staples of the romantic era, peas in a pod, which were given richly textured and absorbing performances Friday under English conductor...
