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"Williams's well-crafted study provides even the Wagnerian a useful summary and brief overview, with succinct but perceptive analyses of Wagner's stage work, a clear narrative of his life, a chapter on his theatrical legacy, a comparative chronology, a bibliography with sources in German and English, and well-chosen illustrations." -- Choice
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“Williams's well-crafted study provides even the Wagnerian a useful summary and brief overview, with succinct but perceptive analyses of Wagner's stage work, a clear narrative of his life, a chapter on his theatrical legacy, a comparative chronology, a bibliography with sources in German and English, and well-chosen illustrations.”–Choice
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From the day of his birth, 22 May 1813, Richard Wagner would seem to have been destined for a life in the theatre. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Richard Wagner, The Rhinegold, Twilight of the Gods, New York, The Fairies, Cambridge University Press, Ernest Newman, Festival of Dionysus, Siegfried's Death, The Fiery Conformist, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans von Billow, Jockey Club, Leipzig University, Mathilde Wesendonk, Rhine Daughters, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Eduard Devrient, Ernst Benedikt Kietz, German-speaking Europe, Good Friday, Gottfried Semper, Hector Berlioz, Jessie Laussot, King of Saxony New!
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From the day of his birth, 22 May 1813, Richard Wagner would seem to have been destined for a life in the theatre. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spoken theatre, festival theatre, court theatre, next opera Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Richard Wagner, The Rhinegold, Twilight of the Gods, New York, The Fairies, Cambridge University Press, Ernest Newman, Festival of Dionysus, Siegfried's Death, The Fiery Conformist, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans von Billow, Jockey Club, Leipzig University, Mathilde Wesendonk, Rhine Daughters, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Eduard Devrient, Ernst Benedikt Kietz, German-speaking Europe, Good Friday, Gottfried Semper, Hector Berlioz, Jessie Laussot, King of Saxony New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Flying Dutchman (The Black Dog Opera Library) by Richard Wagner on 29 pages
- Tristan and Isolde: English National Opera Guide 6 (English National Opera Guides) by Wagner on 19 pages
- Twilight of the Gods (Die Gotterdammerung): English National Opera Guide 31 (English National Opera Guides) by Wagner on 11 pages
- Opera and Drama by Richard Wagner on 5 pages
- The Ring of the Nibelung (Penguin Classics) by Trans. and Ed. John Deathridge Richard Wagner on 4 pages
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- Wagner and the Romantic Hero by Simon Williams in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sophocles and the Tragedy of Athenian Democracy (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies: Lives of the Theatre) by D. G. Beer in Front Matter
- Oscar Asche, Orientalism, and British Musical Comedy (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by Brian Singleton in Front Matter
- Classically Romantic by Jeffrey L. Buller in Back Matter
- Voltaire and the Theatre of the Eighteenth Century (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies: Lives of the Theatre) by Marvin A. Carlson in Front Matter
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