Conference
WAGNER AND WAGNERISM: CONTEXTS - CONNECTIONS - CONTROVERSIES
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9-10 AUGUST 2002
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
Organised jointly by
Centre for Irish-German Studies, University of Limerick
Dept. of Music, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick
Dept. of Music, University College Cork
Supported by the German Embassy in Ireland and the Goethe-Institut Inter
Nationes Dublin
The conference is part of the WAGNER RING FESTIVAL 2002, featuring a concert
performance sung in German with English surtitles of
RICHARD WAGNER'S RING DES NIBELUNGEN
National Youth Orchestra of Ireland
in association with
Opera Ireland and University Concert Hall, Limerick
University Concert Hall, Limerick
Conductor: Alexander Anissimov
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
REGISTRATION on Thursday, 8 August 2002, 14.00 to 18.00 and on Friday, 9
August 2002, from 8.30 onwards in the Foundation Building.
THURSDAY, 8 AUGUST 2002, 14.30 - 16.30
As an introduction to the performance of the opera Siegfried in the evening
we present a first screening of Fritz Lang's Nibelungen 1. Teil: Siegfried
(1924) (117 min). The film will be shown again on Saturday, 10 August at
11.30.
FRIDAY, 9 AUGUST 2002
9.15 - 9.30 Opening Ceremony
Session A: PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXTS
9.30 - 10.10 Dieter Borchmeyer (Universität Heidelberg)
Richard Wagner and the myth of the beginning and end of the world
10.10 - 10.50 Wilfried van der Will (University of Birmingham)
Nietzsche and Wagner
10.50 - 11.00 Discussion
11.00 - 11.20 Coffee
Session B: WOMEN AND MEN
11.20 - 12.00 Susanne Vill (Universität Bayreuth)
Women in the Ring: Ideals and ideologies of womanhood in Wagner's 'Der Ring
des Nibelungen'
12.00 - 12.40 Barry Millington (London)
"Das ist kein Mann!": Problems with virility in Wagner's 'Siegfried'
12.40 - 12.50 Discussion
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
Session C: DEBATES
14.30 - 15.10 Nike Wagner (Vienna)
Art, money and ideology: Reflections on the Bayreuth Festivals
15.10 - 15.50 Marc Weiner (Indiana University Bloomington)
Following Wagner
15.50 - 16.00 Discussion
16.00 - 16.20 Coffee
Session D: MUSICAL CONNECTIONS
16.20 - 17.00 Peter Franklin (St Catherine's College, Oxford University)
...aus ihm tönend?: Wagner and post-Wagnerian opera and film
17.00 - 17.40 John Deathridge (King's College London)
The 'Wesendonck Lieder' and 'Tristan'
17.40 - 17.50 Discussion
18.00 - 19.00 Reception hosted by the German Ambassador, Dr Gottfried Haas,
incl. performance of Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder by Suzanne Murphy
20.00 Conference Dinner
SATURDAY, 10 AUGUST 2002
Session E: WAGNER IN IRELAND
9.00 - 9.40 Joachim Fischer (University of Limerick)
Wagner, Bayreuth and the Irish image of Germany
9.40 - 10.20 John Kelly (St John's College, Oxford University)
Wagner and Irish literature: Shaw, Moore, Joyce, Yeats
10.20 - 10.30 Discussion
10.30 - 10.50 Coffee
Session F: WAGNER AND FILM
10.50 - 11.30 David Levin (University of Chicago)
Wagner and Fritz Lang
11.30 - 13.30 Screening of Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen 1. Teil: Siegfried
(1924)
(117 min) (NB: This film will also be shown on Thursday, 8 August at 14.30.)
13.30 - 14.15 Lunch
14.15 - 16.30 Screening of Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen 2. Teil:
Kriemhilds Rache (1924) (130 min)
EXHIBITION OF WAGNER PRINTS BY STEPHAN KLENNER-OTTO
From 5-10 August 2002, as part of the Ring Festival 2002, a series of prints
on Wagnerian themes by German artist Stephan Klenner-Otto will be shown. The
prints will be for sale.
Registration form is available online at
http://www.wagnerring2002ireuk.com/confr_form.html
Please note the conference dinner is fully booked
Organizing Committee:
Dr Gareth Cox, Dept of Music, Mary Immaculate College, University of
Limerick
Dr Joachim Fischer, Centre for Irish-German Studies, University of Limerick
Dr Marieke Krajenbrink, Centre for Irish-German Studies, University of
Limerick
Dr Christopher Morris, Dept of Music, University College Cork
If you have any queries, please contact Jennifer Ahern, Conference Office,
Plassey Campus Centre
on
Telephone +353.61.202433
Fax +353.61.202188
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or myself
Best wishes
Marieke
Dr Marieke Krajenbrink
Lecturer in German and Member of the Centre for Irish-German Studies
Department of Languages and Cultural Studies
University of Limerick
Limerick / Ireland
Tel: +353-61-202453
Fax:+353-61-202556
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