Lecture. Alex Ross (The New Yorker). The Unforgiven: Wagner, Jews, and Antisemitism.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 5:00pm
Location:
Zoom
Speaker: Alex Ross, Music Critic of The New Yorker
Description: The Benjamin (Yale 1962) and Barbara Zucker Lecture Series
Notwithstanding Richard Wagner’s infamy as one of the most vituperative anti-Semites of his age, a large number of Jews embraced his music, chief among them Theodor Herzl. This talk will try to untangle some of the complexities surrounding Wagner’s relationships with Jews, without seeking a uniform reading of a contradictory record.
Co-Sponsors: Whitney Humanities Center and the Yale Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Admission: Open to the general public and free to attend; please register in advance
Registration: Webinar Registration Link
Contact:
Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism