Partners: Conversations & Symposia
Event
- Title:
- Wagner: Seen and Heard
- When:
- 05.15.2010 @ 10:30 - 12:00
- Where:
- Norton Simon Museum - Pasadena
- Category:
- Conversations & Symposia
EVENT DESCRIPTION
An adult education class with Michael Hackett, Professor and Chair, Department of Theater, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Richard Wagner was one of the great geniuses of the 19th century. His idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk integrated the various elements of music, poetry, dance and visual arts into a work of art. Wagner achieved this concept with absolute control: he wrote his own librettos, composed the music, oversaw set design and built a new opera house at Bayreuth to accommodate his sweeping vision. In conjunction with the Los Angeles Opera’s historic staging of Wagner’s 17-hour Ring cycle, Dr. Hackett focuses on the complex relationship between what is “seen” and what is “heard” in the staging of a Wagnerian opera. Reference to artworks in the Norton Simon Museum’s collection enhances a discussion of mood, atmosphere, emotional landscape and mise-en-scène as it is created for the stage.
The fee of $15 includes admission to the galleries on the day of the class. Walk-in registration begins at 10:15 a.m. For further information and registration, call the Education Department at (626) 844-6980.
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Venue
- Partner:
- Norton Simon Museum - Website
- Street:
- 411 West Colorado Boulevard
- ZIP:
- 91105
- City:
- Pasadena
- State:
- CA
PARTNER DESCRIPTION
The Norton Simon Museum is known around the world as one of the most remarkable private art collections ever assembled. Over a thirty-year period, 20th-century industrialist Norton Simon (1907–1993) amassed an astonishing collection of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century and a stellar collection of South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years.
Approximately 1,000 works from the permanent collection of 12,000 objects are on view in the Norton Simon Museum’s galleries and sculpture garden throughout the year. There are three temporary exhibition spaces within the Museum; the curatorial department mounts three to six exhibitions centered on the collection per year. To extend the impact of these exhibitions and to explore genres and themes within the permanent collection, the Museum offers six to ten free public programs per month, including scholarly lectures and symposia, adult education courses, music and dance performances and hands-on activities for children. Private tours are available by reservation.
http://www.nortonsimon.org
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