The American Minervan

Tag: Richard Wagner

  • Poem: Into the Land of Heroes | Wagner, Das Reingold: Vorspiel

    Poem: Into the Land of Heroes | Wagner, Das Reingold: Vorspiel

    INTO THE LAND OF HEROES AND FRIENDS By Dominique Johnson I rise with you,As you do in me.I am shedding my skins,To unfold youSitting on the throne of the slainLight about your pavilion, Brooding deep with three piercing eyes Whisper at this hour the things your two eyes have seen.I saw the well in a…

  • Shall I too Fall Asleep?

    Shall I too Fall Asleep?

    Some people tell me I am dramatic. In moments that mean more than they could comprehend! Bewildered by the dreary sleep those are caught in who tell me this, and who could not catch a star if it was bite sized and floated before them before going out. Similarly, they do not seem to grab…

  • Kirsten Flagstad – Brünnhilde’s battle cry: “Ho jo to ho!”

    Kirsten Flagstad – Brünnhilde’s battle cry: “Ho jo to ho!”

    Kirsten Flagstad having fun singing Hojotoho battlecry of Wagner’s Valkyrie! This scene is extracted from “The Big Broadcast of 1938” which is a Paramount film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. Act TwoPrelude and…