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"Wälsungenblut" by Thomas Mann, read by Hans-Jürgen Schatz...

It was written in 1905, but due to family reasons, it could not be published until 1921 in a private edition. "Wälsungenblut" (Blood of the Wälsungs), inspired by Richard Wagner's opera "Die Walküre" (The Valkyrie), is ideal material for the actor and narrator Hans-Jürgen Schatz.


Thomas Mann calls his novella "Wälsungenblut" "an artistically presentable piece of work with successful passages." "The Wagnerian performance, drawn from the full spectrum of good humor, is something special," the author remarked. And not only that, one might add. The relationship between the twins Siegmund and Sieglinde Aarenhold, living in the luxury of a villa in the former Tiergarten district, is not without its intrigue.


IN GERMAN
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Participating artists
Hans-Jürgen Schatz
Dates
March 2026
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