with Eric Klein

Wagner could be said to have revolutionised opera, developing the concept of the ‘total work of art’ - embracing the audience in music, poetry, and dramatic art. Perhaps we could see this as a foretaste of the ‘immersive experience’ offered by technology today. The life of this exceptional musical genius of unparalleled capacity was a chaotic personal journey. While composing the opera Siegfried he interrupted his work on the Ring Cycle and wrote the tragic love story Tristan and Isolde, which contains the famous ‘Tristan Chord’ which Eric will demonstrate and explore the meaning of. Wagner described his last work, Parsifal, as a sacred festival stage play rather than an opera. With this he left many mysteries for us to explore and experience together. 

Eric Klein was born and raised in an Anthroposophic home in New York and was educated at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, before training as a concert musician at the Manhattan School of Music. His life’s journey has gone through Harvard Business School and the Christian Community Seminary in Stuttgart, Germany before settling in England in 2002. He has worked as a performing musician, composer, conductor, teacher and lecturer.