The Life and Works of Richard Wagner (PG*)
4pm / With live piano accompaniment by Jean Hasse30 November 2013 / 16:00
Cinema 1 (Silk St)
Tickets:
Barbican Members - £9.20
Standard - £11.50
Concessions - £10.50
Under 18 - £6
With live piano accompaniment by Jean Hasse.
A very special screening of the first feature length film to be made about the life of Richard Wagner. Produced by Oskar Messter in Berlin in 1913, this silent landmark features Italian composer Giuseppe Becce as Wagner, together with Olga Engl and Miriam Horwitz.
Germany 1913 Dir Carl Froelich and William Wauer 96 min
Newly restored print with English surtitles. Restored by EYE and from the EYE/Desmet Collection.
With special thanks to EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
In association with Wagner 200.
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