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The Five Hour Mystery
Wagner's operas are almost as famous for their length as they are for their music. In the third installment of The Tristan Mysteries, Amy O'Leary examines the somnolence of Wagner's music—and shows us that falling asleep at the opera might not be such a bad thing after all.
Contributors to The Five Hour Mystery include:
- Mark Morris, Choreographer
- Ben Heppner, Tenor
- Dr. John Forrest, Head of Anthropology, SUNY, Purchase College
- Joe Horowitz, Author of the book "Wagner Nights"
- Meg Kinney, Marketing Consultant, Los Angeles
- Christopher Mika, Metal Guitarist and part-time Waiter, San Francisco
Executive Producer, The Tristan Mysteries: Limor Tomer
The Tristan Mysteries is supported, in part, by a grant from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Producer/Host, The Five Hour Mystery: Amy O'Leary
Producer/Host, Evening Music: George Preston
Web Producer, The Tristan Mysteries: Brad Cresswell
The Five Hour Mystery
Airs during Evening Music at 7PM on 93.9 FM
A lot of people are afraid to attend a five-hour opera. It sounds too long, too boring, and what if you fall asleep? Won't people think you're rude? As it turns out, lots of people fall asleep during Tristan, sometimes at the most inconvenient moments. Even opera star Ben Heppner once fell asleep during Tristan—while performing it, no less—and we hear that story from the tenor himself. Also, anthropologist Dr. John Forrest explains why especially long performances can create dramatic psychological and physiological reactions in the audience (with surprising results).
Web Exclusive: Ben Heppner
Listen to the extended version of our interview with international opera star Ben Heppner. Part of The Tristan Mysteries on WNYC.
The Mostly Mozart Festival on WNYC
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This year's annual Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center is rife with sounds stretching the spectrum of Requiems, Metamorphoses, and Passions — including the American premiere of composer-in-residence Kaija Saariaho's tale of the sufferings of French mystic Simone Weil, who died of starvation in protest to the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1943.
Deerhoof/Metropolis Ensemble Live Webcast
Evening Music
WNYC and NPR Music team up to bring you this live webcast from the Prospect Park Bandshell, which pairs indie rock sensation Deerhoof with the progressive Metropolis Ensemble. Presented by Celebrate Brooklyn! and Wordless Music, and hosted by David Garland, the program features an ambitious re-imagining of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, The Rite: Remixed.
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Wordless Music
Listen on Demand to more Wordless Music Concerts
Wordless Music
Concerts on Demand
WNYC presents web-exclusive concerts from the Wordless Music Series, hosted by Radio Lab's Jad Abumrad. Devoted to the desegregation of musical boundaries, Wordless Music pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience.
2008 American Music Festival
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Hosts Terrance McKnight and David Garland curate the 68th annual American Music Festival, featuring "America's Classical Music." Guests include LD Brown a.k.a. Grey Reverend; acclaimed jazz pianist Jason Moran; composer and musicologist Gunther Schuller; culture critic John Rockwell; new music guru John Zorn, and Pulitzer prize-winning composer William Bolcom.
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