Interesting that Wagner always seems to promote so much discussion, but so
is he also the most written about person in world history after Jesus and
Napoleon.

David Bringen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>At the time, Wagner had two projects in mind: a biographical opera, and
>an opera based on mythology.  The latter evolved into the Ring Cycle.
>The other? Would have been an opera based on Jesus of Nazareth.
>So count your blessings. Instead of the Ring, we could be listening to
>Wagner's version of "Jesus Christ, Superstar".

Wagner took interest in protestantismus, right, but I have never heard
this.  OTOH I can tell the project he wanted to do after Parsifal, but not
had time and power for - he was as you know an old man at the time - was an
opera based on Buddistic mythology, which Wagner took interest in and had
planned about since the time of his first Schopenmhauerlove.

James Zehm <[log in to unmask]>