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Now that's what I call sound art

Behind the scenes

OK, so yesterday we heard about ""sound art"", today let's record the birthday of Richard Wagner, the world's greatest composer of opera, in 1813. Happy 201st.

Aubrey Beardsley Isolde. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te puna o Wiawhetu; gifted to the Gallery, 2000.

Aubrey Beardsley Isolde. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te puna o Wiawhetu; gifted to the Gallery, 2000.

Above we have Aubrey Beardsley's impressionn of Isolde, who is a central character in our forthcoming film. Next Wednesday, 28 May, at 6pm, we are screening Stephen Fry's documentary film about Wagner. It's free, but spaces are limited so reserving a seat is recommended. The film is tellingly called Wagner and me so expect equal amounts of Fry and Wagner.

And, obviously, plenty of death, sex, murder, passion and poison.