Der witzigste bist du unter den Weisen

Solo répétiteur and Wagner connoisseur Elias Corrinth is delighted to offer a musical introduction to the "Ring des Nibelungen". Where are the musical and textual nuclei of the cycle? Why are the textual retrospectives and repetitions in the Ring even indispensable from a musical point of view? Why is the quarrel of the queens in front of the cathedral missing in the "Götterdämmerung"? How does the music of "Siegfried" sound before and after the Tristan intermission? What is the musical connection between Brünnhilde and Fafner? What is the only leitmotif that does not occur in "Götterdämmerung"?

Which is the shortest leitmotif and which the longest? And how does Wagner's use of the motifs develop over the course of the Ring? Where are the most challenging passages in the cycle for conductors, singers and instrumentalists? Which scenes were easy for Wagner to compose, which difficult? How does the understanding of tempo and meter change after "Rheingold"? What is actually a tempo concept? Which act in the Ring is the most difficult emotionally, which the most difficult musically? Elias Corrinth will present and explain all this and much more in a witty and virtuoso manner on the grand piano. Basic knowledge of the "Ring" plot and music is assumed - but beginners will also leave this soiree enriched.