CPF: Wagner in the 21st Century (4/26/06; MMLA, 11/9/06-11/12/06)
CALL FOR PAPERS
MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOC.
Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL
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November 9-12, 2006
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One Ring: Wagner in the 21st Century
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In summer 2007, the Lincoln Center Festival and The Metropolitan Opera
in New York City will present the first 21st-century Met performance of
Der Ring des Nibelungen, performed by the Kirov Opera under Valery
Gergiev of the Marinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. In anticipation of
this grand event, this session will offer a timely revaluation of
Wagner's epic operatic cycle and its continuing relevance in an age of
Terror and Empire. Papers written in English are sought that address the