WAGNER & ME
England (BBC Documentary) 2010, English with German subtitles, directed by Patrick McGrady, 89”
May 22 | 7:00 PM | HANS-OTTO-THEATER POTSDAM
Can you be Jewish and love Wagner? That’s the question explored by one of
Britain’s most popular performers, Stephen Fry, who attempts to separate the
composer’s tainted legacy of association with Hitler’s anti-Semitism from the
music that continues to draw large audiences today. In this inquisitive
documentary, Fry’s admiration for Wagner, eclipsed by the murder of his relatives
in the Holocaust, takes him to Germany, Switzerland and Russia to seek deeper
truths about the man whose enduring popularity is celebrated beyond opera venues
such as Bayreuth.

