By Jacob Stockinger
Today The Ear has a simple question:
What piece of classical music best embodies Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president of the United States?
Maybe an aria — by either a villain or a hero — from an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini or Richard Wagner?
Maybe an instrumental piece?
Maybe a song?
Yesterday, the same question was posed for Donald Trump.
Here is a link if you want to read that post:
Think about it.
Listen to some choices.
And let us know what you think with a COMMENT and a YouTube link to a performance.
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Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 9:16 pm
Last one (I promise) showing an orange tinted Alberich played Werner Van Mechelen but eerily foreshadowing Trump:
Alberichhttps://static01.nyt.com/images/2013/09/05/arts/music/05iht-rfrcdno05a/05iht-rfrcdno05a-master1050.jpg
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 9:16 pm
And finally (sorry, this is kinda fun), Hillary and Trump together in a Wagnerian scene:
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 9:07 pm
Trump in Wagnerian Opera:
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 9:04 pm
Translated from German: “The most beautiful and the greatest of the giants”:
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 8:55 pm
Hillary as Kirstin Flagstad:
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 8:44 pm
Here’s a modern take:
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 8:42 pm
Great Brünnhilde image here:
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 8:40 pm
http://www.inquisitr.com/2996424/has-marvel-found-their-valkyrie-in-actress-tessa-thompson/
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 8:37 pm
love the flambeau answer!
Comment by Kathy — August 28, 2016 @ 4:25 pm
For Clinton, it has to be Götterdämmerung by Herr Wagner.
Siegfried = Bill Clinton; Brünnhilde = Hillary; Hagen/Gunther/Alberich = Trump.
Comment by fflambeau — August 28, 2016 @ 4:18 am