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Diskutieren Sie mit Nick-Martin Sternitzke zu »Holding out for a Hero – Manns- und andere Heldenbilder in Wagners (Womanizer-)Walhall«
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»Holding Out for a Hero« - Images of men and other heroes in Wagner's (Womanizer) Valhalla
Imagine this: Siegfried looks at himself in the mirror and grimaces. The youthful hero is in the body of a no longer young, steely, well-trained man. Slaying dragons and kissing women awake weighs heavily on him. Now the ideal image of the beautiful, strong hero is also gnawing away at his self-esteem. Wagner's heroes set the course for the (super) heroes of pop culture, for influencers, compete as vocal musclemen against orchestras of a hundred men - and don't necessarily have to be male. What do Wagner's heroes (bodies) reveal about (body) ideals of the past and present?
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Operetta is pop culture. What society revels in, it absorbs and spits out from the stage in the most beautiful tones - at all times. Aren't the Don Giovannis (or Donna Giovannas) breaking virtual hearts on dating apps today? Isn't Siegfried the physical ideal of the influencer ("#machine", "#workout")? Doesn't Isolde sing herself to death simply because that's the soprano's destiny? Can Violetta Valéry's death in the opera only be endured because her alter ego is allowed to survive on the big screen (in Pretty Woman)? Opera nerd Nick-Martin Sternitzke tries to find answers to these questions with you!