Deborah Lipstadt on Panel, “Wagner Through A Jewish Lens”
Thursday, May 26 7:00 PM
JCC San Francisco, 3200 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118
The Enigma of Wagner’s Genius and Anti-Semitism
With Panelists:
Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University
Randy Cohen, Former author of The New York Times column “The Ethicist”
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle Music Editor
Wagner composed music of astounding beauty. He was also a virulent anti-Semite. Hitler so closely identified with Wagner that he played his operas at Nazi rallies and throughout the death camps. Is Wagner’s music inherently anti-Semitic? Can it be separated from the man? As a community, should we ban performances or try to better understand the enigmatic Wagner?
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