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The Good Wagner Opera Guide
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Author : Denis Forman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Good Wagner Opera Guide written by Denis Forman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Opera categories.
'It is impossible to imagine a world in which Wagner never happened. - He was at the same time a horror, a phenomenon and a genius. But he was Wagner and he has left us some of the greatest work ever created by the human imagination.' So says Denis Forman, bestselling author of The Good Opera Guide who concentrates here on the greatest operatic composer of all - Richard Wagner. Wagner's operas erupted into the 19th-century musical world. Almost single-handedly he changed opera from being an evening of light entertainment to intense, sensuous, highly emotional musical drama. His work was passionate and psychologically complex (Wagner also wrote his own libretti) with musical motifs (leitmotivs) to illustrate mood and character. He wrote fourteen operas including Tristan and Isolde, The Flying Dutchman, Meistersinger, Parsifal, and the mighty tetralogy, The Ring. A meglomanic Jekyll and Hyde character he died adulated and vilified equally. The Good Wagner Opera Guide is an unpre tentious, jargon-free approach to his operas for those who are opera-prone yet opera-ignorant.
The Good Opera Guide
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Author : Sir Denis Forman
language : en
Publisher: Bsb Llp
Release Date : 2013-11
The Good Opera Guide written by Sir Denis Forman and has been published by Bsb Llp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with Opera categories.
"The first guide to take a sensible decision of separating comments on the music (serious and helpful) from descriptions of the plot (invariably flippant and often funny) -- Bamber Gasgoigne, Sunday Telegraph.
Siegfried English National Opera Guide 28
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Author : Richard Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Calder Publications Limited
Release Date : 1984
Siegfried English National Opera Guide 28 written by Richard Wagner and has been published by Calder Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Music categories.
English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Wagner wanted Siegfried, the third music drama in The Ring of the Nibelung, to be the most popular of the cycle. Despite its many beautiful and dramatic scenes and its vital part in the drama, it has not fulfilled its composer's aspiration: Professor Ulrich Weisstein examines why. Professor Anthony Newcomb contributes a detailed analysis of Wagner's use of leitmotifs, identifying the different purposes they fulfill. Derrick Puffett takes up the extraordinary fact that Wagner composed Tristan and Isolde and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg in the eight-year hiatus between his beginning and completion of Siegfried's second act; Puffett explores the subsequent changes in Wagner's musical imagination that enabled the composer to complete his enormous task. The thematic guide compliments those found in the other Opera Guides to The Ring Cycle.
Lohengrin English National Opera Guide 47
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Author : Richard Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Calder Publications Limited
Release Date : 1993
Lohengrin English National Opera Guide 47 written by Richard Wagner and has been published by Calder Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Music categories.
The English National Opera Guides were originally conceived in partnership with the English National Opera and edited by Nicholas John, the ENO's dramaturg, who died tragically in an accident in the Alps. Most of the guides are devoted to a single opera, which is described in detail—with many articles that cover its history and information about the composer and his times. The complete libretto is included in both the original language and in a modern singing translation—except where the opera was written in English. Each has a thematic guide to the most important musical themes in musical notation and each guide is lavishly illustrated. They also contain a bibliography and a discography which is updated at each reprint. The ENO guides are widely regarded as the best series of their kind and excellent value.
Die Meistersinger Von Nu Rnberg The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg
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Author : Richard Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Oneworld Classics
Release Date : 2011-02
Die Meistersinger Von Nu Rnberg The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg written by Richard Wagner and has been published by Oneworld Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02 with Opera categories.
English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. This opera has been described as "the longest single smile in the German language." But Roland Matthews indicates that violence is not far beneath the surface of this portrait of medieval Nuremberg. Arnold Whittall s analysis gives a bird s-eye view of the complexity of the score. Timothy McFarland explores the significance of the choice of subject: that nostalgia for a pre-industrial community, which was a symptom of the German nationalist movement. The long text has many subtleties which opera audiences can hardly appreciate without reading it, and the musical themes are numbered to indicate where they occur."
The Good Opera Guide Library Only
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Author : Denis Forman
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1994-10-06
The Good Opera Guide Library Only written by Denis Forman and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-10-06 with categories.
Tannhauser
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Author : Richard Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Oneworld Classics
Release Date : 2011-02
Tannhauser written by Richard Wagner and has been published by Oneworld Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02 with Operas categories.
English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. What can explain Wagner s obsession with "Tannhauser," which he first conceived in 1845 and still considered unfinished at his death in 1883? Describing of the struggle of a man torn between erotic love and spiritual fulfilment, the opera contains the kernels of all his later works: man s need for love and artistic satisfaction, his desire for an existence beyond death, the operation of memory, and the nature of madness. The essays in this volume examine the legends which Wagner chose to weave into his text, while Carolyn Abbate also considers the effect of his many revisions upon the score, pointing out that the initial idea already involved a contrast of musical language to focus the conflict."
Wagner S Tristan Und Isolde
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Author : Michael Steen
language : en
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-02-20
Wagner S Tristan Und Isolde written by Michael Steen and has been published by Icon Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-20 with Music categories.
With the 'Tristan chord' at the start of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde, the composer launched modern music. The political refugee, a former revolutionary, was living in Zurich when the lovely Mathilde Wesendonck, the wife of a rich businessman, inspired him to break off from working on Siegfried, part of his 'Ring cycle', and refocus his efforts on Tristan. Expelled from there, Wagner continued to work on the opera in the Palazzo Giustiniani in Venice, and finished it in Lucerne in 1859. The première, in Munich, was delayed until 1865, after the 'Mad' King Ludwig of Bavaria came to Wagner's financial rescue. Wagner blended Gottfried von Strasburg's medieval epic with Schopenhauer's philosophy and his own idiosyncratic views on the psychology and metaphysics of love. (As well, Wagner reflected his views on Greek drama and the integrated Gesamtkunstwerk, or 'art-work'.) The result is a torrent of sound which depicts almost indecent passion. The Liebestod, in which the sexual love of Tristan and Isolde is consummated through death, and which is often presented in concert performance, is some of the most glorious music ever written. Written by Michael Steen, author of the acclaimed The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, 'Short Guides to Great Operas' are concise, entertaining and easy to read. They are packed with useful information and informed opinion, helping to make you a truly knowledgeable opera-goer, and so maximising your enjoyment of a great musical experience. Other 'Short Guides to Great Operas' that you may enjoy include The Magic Flute, Eugene Onegin and Peter Grimes.
The New Grove Guide To Wagner And His Operas
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Author : Barry Millington
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-08-15
The New Grove Guide To Wagner And His Operas written by Barry Millington and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-15 with Music categories.
One of the most controversial figures in the history of ideas as well as music, Richard Wagner continues to stimulate debate whenever his works are performed. Drawing upon the scholarship of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the most comprehensive dictionary of opera in the world, Barry Millington offers a concise, portable survey and guide, which will make a welcome addition to the shelf of anyone who loves opera. Millington has completely updated the original pieces and contributed four new chapters on Wagner, including a summary of Wagner productions from 1876 to the present day, a suggested listening and viewing gyide, complete chronology of Wagner's operas, and a glossary of terms that will delight any opera-goer. In addition, there are detailed entries on each of Wagner's operas, a main biographical section, and a group of separate articles on such topics as Leitmotif and Gesamtkunstwerk, as well as a newly revised updated article on Bayreuth. Complete with a new preface, updated bibliography, glossary, and discography--including first release dates of each recording--The New Grove Guide to Wagner and his Operas furnishes both seasoned Wagner-lovers and neophytes with all they require for an in-depth appreciation of this unique historical figure.
Lohengrin
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Author : Richard Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Oneworld Classics
Release Date : 2011-02
Lohengrin written by Richard Wagner and has been published by Oneworld Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02 with Operas categories.
English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. The legend of the Swan Knight who rescues a princess from the forces of pagan evil is one Christian Europe s foundation myths." Lohengrin" transformed Wagner into an international figure almost overnight, and it remained his most popular work throughout the nineteenth century. Thomas Grey proposes that this was because it offered a "cautious taste" of his later works, while preserving some of the familiar traditions of French grand opera. John Deathridge asks why Wagner denied its Christian symbolism, and Janet Nelson argues that his vision of the Christian Middle Ages prefigured a modern historical approach. This English translation is by Amanda Holden."