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Today we get the opportunity to discuss the adaptation of Tolkien into opera! We are joined by Paul Corfield Godfrey and Simon Buttle to discuss upcoming Tolkien opera!
Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 75,
recorded on June 3, 2024.
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You can watch or listen to the recordings here.
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Hosts:
Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor
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Dr. Maggie Parke
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Episode guests:
Composer Paul Godfrey and singer Simon Buttle discussing their officially licensed operatic adaptations of Tolkien's works.
https://www.paulcorfieldgodfrey.co.uk/
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Rings and Realms: / ringsandrealms
Corey and Maggie did a weekly analysis of Prime Video's epic adaptation of Tolkien’s mythos. Presented by Signum University and Studio Lab.
audio-only version recordings (podcast) https://ringsandrealms.fireside.fm/
Want to dive deeper into Tolkien's world?
Corey is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/
You can check the live schedule here. / schedule
More about the individual programs
Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story (and Stephen Colbert's favorite https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2... ) https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/
Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/
The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/
Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts.
https://mythgard.org/listen/
Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast.
For those who feel reading the Silmarillion for the first time is a bit daunting.
https://tolkienprofessor.com/lectures...
Corey walks you through The Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and even the volumes of History of Middle-earth series on his Mythgard Academy series.
https://mythgard.org/academy/
And here are more links if you dare.
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