Wagner Outside the Ring
Essays on the Operas, Their Performance and Their Connections with Other Arts
Edited by
John Louis
DiGaetani
ISBN
978-0-7864-3400-8
66 photos, notes, chronology, discography, videography, bibliographies, index
272pp.
softcover
(7 x 10)
2009
Temporarily out of stock while McFarland awaits the reprint - accepting backorders
Description
Designed as a companion volume to 2006’s Inside the Ring, which focused on the four operas comprising Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, this new volume features more than a dozen original essays focusing on all of Wagner’s non-Ring operas. Part One looks at the individual operas, including Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Parsifal. Part Two reveals the connections between Wagnerian opera and other arts, including dance, filmmaking, and fiction. Finally, Part Three examines Wagner’s operas in performance, featuring interviews with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and heldentenor Ben Heppner, both well-known for their Wagnerian performances. The book includes many photographs from current productions by the Metropolitan Opera and other opera companies, along with bibliographies and a discography of recommended performances.
About the Author
John Louis DiGaetani is the author of numerous books about opera and theater, including several about Richard Wagner. An English professor at Hofstra University, he lives in New York.
Other Book(s) by John Louis DiGaetani Available from McFarland:
Wagner and Suicide
Inside the Ring
Stages of Struggle
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