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[...] visiting the Vatican again; entering the Sistine Chapel R. says: "This is like my theater, one feels it is no place for jokes."
(Cosima’s diary - 21 November 1876)
(Cosima’s diary - 21 November 1876)
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
[...] visiting the Vatican again; entering the Sistine Chapel R. says: "This is like my theater, one feels it is no place for jokes."
(Cosima’s diary - 21 November 1876)
(Cosima’s diary - 21 November 1876)
My top musical find of the year is Imperial Triumphant - a band that doesn’t just blow my mind, it pulls me away from my own expectations. I can’t quite explain why I’m drawn to them, but I’m completely hooked.
#metalsky
#metalsky
November 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My top musical find of the year is Imperial Triumphant - a band that doesn’t just blow my mind, it pulls me away from my own expectations. I can’t quite explain why I’m drawn to them, but I’m completely hooked.
#metalsky
#metalsky
It's the birthday of Paul Hindemith (b. 1895), and it's Sunday, so time for an opera in the nunnery.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It's the birthday of Paul Hindemith (b. 1895), and it's Sunday, so time for an opera in the nunnery.
Sancta Susanna (1922), an one-act opera by Paul Hindemith.
The opera examines the relationship between celibacy and lust in Christianity, depicting the descent of a nunnery into sexual frenzy.
Extraordinarily atmospheric, concentrated and highly imaginative.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWL...
The opera examines the relationship between celibacy and lust in Christianity, depicting the descent of a nunnery into sexual frenzy.
Extraordinarily atmospheric, concentrated and highly imaginative.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWL...
Paul Hindemith: SANCTA SUSANNA
YouTube video by suprememaison
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November 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Sancta Susanna (1922), an one-act opera by Paul Hindemith.
The opera examines the relationship between celibacy and lust in Christianity, depicting the descent of a nunnery into sexual frenzy.
Extraordinarily atmospheric, concentrated and highly imaginative.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWL...
The opera examines the relationship between celibacy and lust in Christianity, depicting the descent of a nunnery into sexual frenzy.
Extraordinarily atmospheric, concentrated and highly imaginative.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=NFWL...
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Jesus fuck and I thought it was bad when when they used AI to "finish" my 10th symphony.
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Jesus fuck and I thought it was bad when when they used AI to "finish" my 10th symphony.
IMPRINTS OF MAN bridges the gap between the ferocity of death metal and the introspection of a solo piano.
Death Metal for piano for those with a taste for jazz, Liszt, Scriabin and Debussy.
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/imprint...
Death Metal for piano for those with a taste for jazz, Liszt, Scriabin and Debussy.
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/imprint...
Imprints of Man: Death Metal for piano
Imprints of Man is a release that re‑imagines the dense, dissonant world of Imperial Triumphant’s death‑metal oeuvre through the intimate lens of solo piano. Conceived by bassist,...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
IMPRINTS OF MAN bridges the gap between the ferocity of death metal and the introspection of a solo piano.
Death Metal for piano for those with a taste for jazz, Liszt, Scriabin and Debussy.
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/imprint...
Death Metal for piano for those with a taste for jazz, Liszt, Scriabin and Debussy.
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/imprint...
How much piano is there hidden in a black/death metal song?
A reimagination on piano of the music of New York extreme metal trio Imperial Triumphant by that band's bass player Steve Blanco. Fascinating stuff.
#metalsky #pianosky #jazzsky
youtu.be/H5so_3mf5P0?...
A reimagination on piano of the music of New York extreme metal trio Imperial Triumphant by that band's bass player Steve Blanco. Fascinating stuff.
#metalsky #pianosky #jazzsky
youtu.be/H5so_3mf5P0?...
Imprints of Man: Reimagining the Music of Imperial Triumphant
YouTube video by Louis F. Cuffari
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
How much piano is there hidden in a black/death metal song?
A reimagination on piano of the music of New York extreme metal trio Imperial Triumphant by that band's bass player Steve Blanco. Fascinating stuff.
#metalsky #pianosky #jazzsky
youtu.be/H5so_3mf5P0?...
A reimagination on piano of the music of New York extreme metal trio Imperial Triumphant by that band's bass player Steve Blanco. Fascinating stuff.
#metalsky #pianosky #jazzsky
youtu.be/H5so_3mf5P0?...
"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me Man, did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?"
(from: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, these lines appear on the title page of FRANKENSTEIN)
(Art: Bernie Wrightson)
To mould me Man, did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?"
(from: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, these lines appear on the title page of FRANKENSTEIN)
(Art: Bernie Wrightson)
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me Man, did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?"
(from: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, these lines appear on the title page of FRANKENSTEIN)
(Art: Bernie Wrightson)
To mould me Man, did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?"
(from: John Milton’s Paradise Lost, these lines appear on the title page of FRANKENSTEIN)
(Art: Bernie Wrightson)
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I almost feel badly for not liking GDT's movies more than I do, probably b/c of his respect for practical make-up &, well, he seems nice. 😄 But I am looking forward to watching the Criterion Nightmare Alley release -- I recall enjoying it in the theater. I may wait on Frankenstein for a bit.
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I almost feel badly for not liking GDT's movies more than I do, probably b/c of his respect for practical make-up &, well, he seems nice. 😄 But I am looking forward to watching the Criterion Nightmare Alley release -- I recall enjoying it in the theater. I may wait on Frankenstein for a bit.
Good to see that the Bayreuther Parsifal from Stefan Herheim is still on YT. A production that is engaging & inventive, with splendid theatrical dynamics. (There's a lot going on in this Parsifal.)
Act 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKp...
Act 2
youtu.be/KYSa1jSpNC4?...
Act 3
youtu.be/jsRzlAXYV1w?...
Act 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKp...
Act 2
youtu.be/KYSa1jSpNC4?...
Act 3
youtu.be/jsRzlAXYV1w?...
Parsifal - (Bayreuth 2012)- Erste Aufzug
YouTube video by Bayreuth Vinylman
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November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Good to see that the Bayreuther Parsifal from Stefan Herheim is still on YT. A production that is engaging & inventive, with splendid theatrical dynamics. (There's a lot going on in this Parsifal.)
Act 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKp...
Act 2
youtu.be/KYSa1jSpNC4?...
Act 3
youtu.be/jsRzlAXYV1w?...
Act 1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKp...
Act 2
youtu.be/KYSa1jSpNC4?...
Act 3
youtu.be/jsRzlAXYV1w?...
Bad night, bad weather, and no news of the money.
(Cosima's diary, 13 November 1872)
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(Cosima's diary, 13 November 1872)
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From Cosima's diaries
"On Christmas Day, my 31st birthday, this notebook was to have started; I could not get it in Lucerne. And so the first day of the year will also contain the beginning of my reports to you, my...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bad night, bad weather, and no news of the money.
(Cosima's diary, 13 November 1872)
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/classical-pi...
(Cosima's diary, 13 November 1872)
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/classical-pi...
Time for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein:
Despite his ambition, this Frankenstein looks more like a tv-show than a film in which, as is so often, the action is the least interesting part. But I loved the fact that, like the book, the film allows the monster to elaborate extensively on his fate.
Despite his ambition, this Frankenstein looks more like a tv-show than a film in which, as is so often, the action is the least interesting part. But I loved the fact that, like the book, the film allows the monster to elaborate extensively on his fate.
November 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Time for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein:
Despite his ambition, this Frankenstein looks more like a tv-show than a film in which, as is so often, the action is the least interesting part. But I loved the fact that, like the book, the film allows the monster to elaborate extensively on his fate.
Despite his ambition, this Frankenstein looks more like a tv-show than a film in which, as is so often, the action is the least interesting part. But I loved the fact that, like the book, the film allows the monster to elaborate extensively on his fate.
It's Wednesday, another day of Wotan:
Richard Wagner directs Franz Betz in the role of Wotan (in Das Rheingold for the premiere of the Ring in Bayreuth in 1876)
Richard Wagner directs Franz Betz in the role of Wotan (in Das Rheingold for the premiere of the Ring in Bayreuth in 1876)
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It's Wednesday, another day of Wotan:
Richard Wagner directs Franz Betz in the role of Wotan (in Das Rheingold for the premiere of the Ring in Bayreuth in 1876)
Richard Wagner directs Franz Betz in the role of Wotan (in Das Rheingold for the premiere of the Ring in Bayreuth in 1876)
This weekend was Bram Stoker's 178th birthday.
So movie time.
A surprisingly good Dracula adaptation is the one starring Robert Langella as the Count. With a clever rewriting of the original story and as a Dracula movie with a romantic love‑story angle, it works far better than Coppola’s movie.
So movie time.
A surprisingly good Dracula adaptation is the one starring Robert Langella as the Count. With a clever rewriting of the original story and as a Dracula movie with a romantic love‑story angle, it works far better than Coppola’s movie.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This weekend was Bram Stoker's 178th birthday.
So movie time.
A surprisingly good Dracula adaptation is the one starring Robert Langella as the Count. With a clever rewriting of the original story and as a Dracula movie with a romantic love‑story angle, it works far better than Coppola’s movie.
So movie time.
A surprisingly good Dracula adaptation is the one starring Robert Langella as the Count. With a clever rewriting of the original story and as a Dracula movie with a romantic love‑story angle, it works far better than Coppola’s movie.
You don't need to emphasise the heaviness of "I Want You (She's so Heavy)" by The Beatles - it's perfect as it is.
But you can bring out the grimmer side of it, as this version of Coroner does, and make it a fitting soundtrack for a vampire.
#Nosferatu
But you can bring out the grimmer side of it, as this version of Coroner does, and make it a fitting soundtrack for a vampire.
#Nosferatu
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
You don't need to emphasise the heaviness of "I Want You (She's so Heavy)" by The Beatles - it's perfect as it is.
But you can bring out the grimmer side of it, as this version of Coroner does, and make it a fitting soundtrack for a vampire.
#Nosferatu
But you can bring out the grimmer side of it, as this version of Coroner does, and make it a fitting soundtrack for a vampire.
#Nosferatu
They are more contemplative than compelling, but perhaps that is precisely why I return to them. To the piano roll performances of Wagner's orchestral music by Felix Mottl-the man who suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting his 100th performance of Tristan und Isolde
youtu.be/J3mKAYkrNfU?...
youtu.be/J3mKAYkrNfU?...
Félix Mottl (1856-1911): Wagner arrangements: Welte Mignon Rolls 1907
YouTube video by logaemsythgim
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November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
They are more contemplative than compelling, but perhaps that is precisely why I return to them. To the piano roll performances of Wagner's orchestral music by Felix Mottl-the man who suffered a fatal heart attack while conducting his 100th performance of Tristan und Isolde
youtu.be/J3mKAYkrNfU?...
youtu.be/J3mKAYkrNfU?...
Q:
What opera is this?
What opera is this?
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Q:
What opera is this?
What opera is this?
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER by Joachim Herz (1964) testifies of the proto-film that hides in Wagner's opera. A movie to make opera accessible "for people who have a horror of it" (and people who love horror, John Carpenter's The Fog comes to mind).
#Halloween
#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER by Joachim Herz (1964) testifies of the proto-film that hides in Wagner's opera. A movie to make opera accessible "for people who have a horror of it" (and people who love horror, John Carpenter's The Fog comes to mind).
#Halloween
#Halloween
Othmar Schoeck’s "Lebendig Begraben" (1927) is a haunting song cycle where a man buried alive relives his memories as he accepts his fate.
This and more in the WAGNER & HEAVY METAL HALLOWEEN TOP 10 >>>
#Halloween
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This and more in the WAGNER & HEAVY METAL HALLOWEEN TOP 10 >>>
#Halloween
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October 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Othmar Schoeck’s "Lebendig Begraben" (1927) is a haunting song cycle where a man buried alive relives his memories as he accepts his fate.
This and more in the WAGNER & HEAVY METAL HALLOWEEN TOP 10 >>>
#Halloween
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/the-hal...
This and more in the WAGNER & HEAVY METAL HALLOWEEN TOP 10 >>>
#Halloween
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/blog/the-hal...
October 31, 2011 saw the release of Lulu, a collaboration between LOU REED and METALLICA.
A poetry-slam over a metal jam. It milks out a few good ideas in songs that are in need of a good edit - like something that is stuck in pre-production.
#Halloween
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/metal-picks/...
A poetry-slam over a metal jam. It milks out a few good ideas in songs that are in need of a good edit - like something that is stuck in pre-production.
#Halloween
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/metal-picks/...
Lou Reed & Metallica: Lulu
David Bowie considered Glenn Branca for a mutual project (there was a short collaboration between the two but the result never saw the light of day). And Scott Walker made a stunning album with ...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
October 31, 2011 saw the release of Lulu, a collaboration between LOU REED and METALLICA.
A poetry-slam over a metal jam. It milks out a few good ideas in songs that are in need of a good edit - like something that is stuck in pre-production.
#Halloween
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/metal-picks/...
A poetry-slam over a metal jam. It milks out a few good ideas in songs that are in need of a good edit - like something that is stuck in pre-production.
#Halloween
www.wagner-heavymetal.com/metal-picks/...
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Hagen (Josef Greindl) kills Siegfried (Wolfgang Windgassen)
(Bayreuther Festspiele 1956 / staging: Wieland Wagner)
Hagen (Josef Greindl) kills Siegfried (Wolfgang Windgassen)
(Bayreuther Festspiele 1956 / staging: Wieland Wagner)
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Hagen (Josef Greindl) kills Siegfried (Wolfgang Windgassen)
(Bayreuther Festspiele 1956 / staging: Wieland Wagner)
Hagen (Josef Greindl) kills Siegfried (Wolfgang Windgassen)
(Bayreuther Festspiele 1956 / staging: Wieland Wagner)
Max Brückner - Final scene of Götterdämmerung (1894)
October 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Max Brückner - Final scene of Götterdämmerung (1894)
On Wednesday, the day of Wotan:
Wotan waits in Valhalla for the end with his broken spear
(Hermann Hendrich 1906)
Wotan waits in Valhalla for the end with his broken spear
(Hermann Hendrich 1906)
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
On Wednesday, the day of Wotan:
Wotan waits in Valhalla for the end with his broken spear
(Hermann Hendrich 1906)
Wotan waits in Valhalla for the end with his broken spear
(Hermann Hendrich 1906)
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM