Gruzi! After a moderately long hiatus, we are back with a fun and interesting one!

Julian Manresa joined us back in August for a conversation about the differences between Austria/Habsburg Empire and Germany, and the Salzburg Festival - which was founded as an anti-Bayreuth. We cover a lot of ground, from the Napoleonic Wars to the Anschluss. It's important stuff, and lamentably isn't taught much in the States, particularly in regards to music history. So sit back, crack open a beer, and be edified.

Julian Manresa is currently studying Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Clare College, Cambridge, fully-funded by a prestiguos Paul Mellon Fellowship. He is also a Choral Scholar at Clare College!

Prior to Cambridge, Julian studied Compartive Literature at Yale, where he graduate Cum Laude and was the reciptient of numberous prizes from the German and Compartive Literature Departments. His dissertation, Bezaubernde Schauspiele - The Making of the Salzburg Totenreich, is excellent, and after reading it we had to have Julian on the podcast.

Wagner's Nightmare is a cultural exploration and recording project led by Daniel Orsen (violist) and Pierre-Nicolas Colombat (pianist).

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