| Description |
xviii, 461 pages : illustration ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-433) and index. |
| Contents |
Wagner and the theatre of the early nineteenth century -- The art of the future, by royal command -- Staging the ring at Bayreuth -- Parsifal and beyond -- The inheritors : Cosima and Siegfried Wagner, Gustav Mahler and Alfred Roller -- Adolphe Appia : the opened eye of the score -- Wagner in Russia, 1890-1940 -- Travail and truth : Klemperer and the Kroll opera -- Wieland Wagner : opera as mystery play -- The political imperative -- Our uncomfortable contemporary. |
| Subject |
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Performances.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. |
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Performances. |
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Opera -- Production and direction -- History.
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Opera -- Production and direction. |
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History. |
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Dramaturgy.
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| ISBN |
0300106955 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780300106954 cloth alkaline paper |
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