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Siegfried Wagner: The Last Romantic
September 24, 2011 - 8:00 am
The Wagner Society will screen a new documentary on the life of Siegfried Wagner. This is the first documentary about the life and music of Richard Wagner’s son. It is 60 minutes in length with excerpts of his 16 operas with stage sets, pictures, projects and drawings.
The film also contains exclusive interviews with singers Giacomo Aragall and Elena Obrastova and Siegfried’s son the late Wolfgang Wagner.
This is a German-Spanish coproductions with comments from people that either knew Siegfried Wagner or his work, individuals such as Arnold Schoenberg, Albert Schweitzer, Engelbert Humperdinck and Friedlind Wagner.
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