July 24, 2010
1:00

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San Francisco 94118

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FILM

Sword of Xanten 

Originally broadcast on the Sci-Fi channel as Dark Kingdom - the Dragon King, Sword of Xanten is director Uli Edel’s take on the Volsung Saga.  Starring Benno Führman (Siegfried), Kristanna Loken (a very sexy Brunnhild), Max von Sydow (Evyind), Alicia Witt (Kriemhild) and Julian Sands (Hagen), the production team didn’t hold back on special effects, spectacle, lavish costumes, giants and a fearsome dragon.  This is the unedited version of the film with a running time of approximately 3 hours.  This film has been released world-wide under many titles including: Curse of the Ring, Die Niebelungen – Der Flucht des Drachen, La saga dei Nibelunghi, Kingdom in Twilight and The Ring. 

(PG-13 – violence & brief sexuality)

September 11, 2010
1:00

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San Francisco 94118

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Professor Susan Owen-Leinert
Michael Leinert

The Inspection of a Century: Wagner’s Ring in Kassel

At Staatstheater Kassel a tradition of staging Wagner's "Ring" has long been established. In the early seventies producer Ulrich Melchinger introduced a Wallstreet atmosphere and the forms and colors of pop art to the sphere of the "Ring". In the eighties Siegfried Schoenbohm took up the tetralogy. This "Ring" went through many centuries and different styles.

Michael Leinert's "Ring", produced within two seasons (1997–1999), continued this specific Kassel dramaturgy of presenting the "Ring" from a modern point of view.  Leinert’s interpretation of the "Ring" represented "one hundred years of German history".

Wagnerian soprano Susan Owen-Leinert (Brünnhilde) presents together with her husband an insightful look at this exciting Ring production of Staatstheater Kassel with numerous video and audio excerpts.

October 9, 2010
2:00

PLEASE NOTE THE START TIME

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San Francisco 94118

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Wagner “Double Header”

Do-it-Yourself tickets to the Met HD Simulcast of Das Rheingold –
new production designed by Robert LePage

Followed by WSNC Meeting

Professor Nikolas Vazsonyi,
Professor of German and Comparative Literature,
University of South Carolina

"Richard Wagner - Self-Promotion and the Making of a Brand"

November 6, 2010
1:00

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San Francisco 94118

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Dr. Bill Eddelman,

Associate Professor, Emeritus,
Department of Drama, Stanford University

“Wagner’s Ring – Myths and Imagination”

Dr. William Eddelman is an Associate Professor, Emeritus, in the Stanford University Department of Drama, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the San Francisco Museum of Performance and Design.