Thursday, May 22, 2025

May 22 - Richard Wagner (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Limericks re-telling the plots of the Ring operas may be found here: Ring (2019).  Limericks re-telling the plots of the canonical non-Ring opera may be found here: non-Ring (2020). Additional limericks on Wagner are here: Wagner (2021). A post on Morrissey is here. (2022) Wagner limericks are here (2023), and here (2024)


 

Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) revolutionized opera in the last half of the nineteenth century.

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The Meister Speaks


My oeuvre is meant to be done

With all the arts working as one,

And if we're all swamped

In a Kunst so gesamt,

At least we'll have oodles of fun!

 

 

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