Event time:
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Location:
Online
Speaker:
Alex Ross, Music Critic of The New Yorker
Event 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.
Admission:
Free but register in advance
Contact:
Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism
Co-sponsors:
Whitney Humanities Center and Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures