Wagner and the Wonder of Art

Wagner and the Wonder of Art
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 153
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Book Synopsis Wagner and the Wonder of Art by : M. Owen Lee

Download or read book Wagner and the Wonder of Art written by M. Owen Lee and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2007-12-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger has always called forth superlatives from those who have fallen under its spell. Toscanini wanted to lay his baton down for the last time only after he had conducted a performance of it. Paderewski called it 'the greatest work of genius ever achieved by any artist in any field of human endeavour.' H.L. Mencken declared, 'It took more skill to plan and write it than it took to plan and write the whole canon of Shakespeare.' And yet Wagner's many-splendoured comedy has come under severe criticism in recent years for what has been called its 'dark underside,' its 'fascist brutality,' and its 'ugly anti-Semitism.' In Wagner and the Wonder of Art, renowned opera expert M. Owen Lee addresses that criticism. He also provides an introduction to the opera and an analysis that will surprise even those veteran operagoers who may not have explored the work's intricate structure and the emotional drama at its centre. The book includes the on-air commentary that Father Lee gave during the first radio broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera after the events of 9/11. He thought it necessary, after attempting to refute the charges leveled against Wagner's opera, to say something about its truthfulness, its life-affirming music, its insight into the madness that can destroy human lives, and its witness to the importance of art for the survival of our civilizations.

The Master-singers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg)

The Master-singers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg)
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Total Pages : 92
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The Master-singers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg)

The Master-singers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg)
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Download or read book The Master-singers of Nuremberg (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg) written by Richard Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Richard Wagner for the New Millennium

Richard Wagner for the New Millennium
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9780230607170
ISBN-13 : 0230607179
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Book Synopsis Richard Wagner for the New Millennium by : M. Bribitzer-Stull

Download or read book Richard Wagner for the New Millennium written by M. Bribitzer-Stull and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. A central concern of this study is the relationship between Wagner the artist and Wagner the social phenomenon. Many of the essays within explore the most difficult yet most crucial issue in Wagner studies: the impact of the composer's problematic world view and complex personal life on his musical/dramatic creations.

Barrie Kosky’s Transnational Theatres

Barrie Kosky’s Transnational Theatres
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9783030750282
ISBN-13 : 3030750280
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Book Synopsis Barrie Kosky’s Transnational Theatres by : James Phillips

Download or read book Barrie Kosky’s Transnational Theatres written by James Phillips and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first of its kind, surveys the career of the renowned Australian-German theatre and opera director Barrie Kosky. Its nine chapters provide multidisciplinary analyses of Barrie Kosky’s working practices and stage productions, from the beginning of his career in Melbourne to his current roles as Head of the Komische Oper Berlin and as a guest director in international demand. Specialists in theatre studies, opera studies, musical theatre studies, aesthetics, and arts administration offer in-depth accounts of Kosky’s unusually wide-ranging engagements with the performing arts – as a director of spoken theatre, operas, musicals, operettas, as an adaptor, a performer, a writer, and an arts manager. Further, this book includes contributions from theatre practitioners with first-hand experience of collaborating with Kosky in the 1990s, who draw on interviews with members of Gilgul, Australia’s first Jewish theatre company, to document this formative period in Kosky’s career. The book investigates the ways in which Kosky has created transnational theatres, through introducing European themes and theatre techniques to his Australian work or through bringing fresh voices to the national dialogue in Germany’s theatre landscape. An appendix contains a timeline and guide to Kosky’s productions to date.

The Master-singers of Nuremberg. Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg. Opera in Three Acts, With German and English Words, and the Music of the Principal Airs

The Master-singers of Nuremberg. Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg. Opera in Three Acts, With German and English Words, and the Music of the Principal Airs
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Download or read book The Master-singers of Nuremberg. Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg. Opera in Three Acts, With German and English Words, and the Music of the Principal Airs written by Richard Wagner and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Master-Singers of Nuremberg; (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg)

The Master-Singers of Nuremberg; (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg)
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Total Pages : 94
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Download or read book The Master-Singers of Nuremberg; (Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg) written by Richard Wagner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Master-Singers of Nuremberg; (Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg): Opera in Three Acts As the curtain rises the people are singing, to organ accompaniment, the last verse of a Chorale, which con chides afternoon service on the vigil of the Feast of St. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."