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Informationen zum Autor John Louis DiGaetani, professor emeritus of English at Hofstra University, is the author of numerous books about opera and theater. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Looks at the individual operas! including ""Der Fliegende Hollander""! ""Tannhauser""! ""Lohengrin""! ""Tristan und Isolde""! ""Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg""! and ""Parsifal"". This work reveals the connections between Wagnerian opera and other arts! including dance! filmmaking! and written fiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction Brief Chronology I. The Individual Operas1. Tradition and the Individual Talent in Wagner's JuveniliaYVONNE NILGES 2. The Flying Dutchman: An IntroductionJAMES K. HOLMAN 3. Deciphering The Flying DutchmanGREGORY KERSHNER 4. Revelation and Obfuscation: Wagner's Readings in Romanticism for TannhäuserSTEVEN R. CERF 5. Romanticism in Tannhäuser and LohengrinBARBARA JOSEPHINE GUENTHER 6. Don't Ask: Faith, Magic, Knowledge, and Sources in LohengrinLISA FEURZEIG 7. Tristan and EcstasyHANS RUDOLF VAGET 8. Infomercial in Three Acts: Die Meistersinger von NürnbergNICHOLAS VAZSONYI 9. Relativities: Einstein, Wagner, and Die MeistersingerJAMES K. HOLMAN 10 Musical Characterization in Parsifal: A Study of Parsifal and KundryJOHN J.H. MULLER II. Wagnerian Opera and the Other Arts11. Wagner and Dance: Tannhäuser and BeyondMARY CARGILL 12. "The Dream Organ": Wagner as a Proto-FilmmakerHILAN WARSHAW 13. Wagnerian References in the Fiction of Willa CatherRICHARD C. HARRIS III. Wagnerian Opera in Performance14. Michelle DeYoung: An InterviewJOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI 15. Ben Heppner: An InterviewJOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI 16. The Silver Age of Wagnerian SingingBARBARA JOSEPHINE GUENTHER A Manichean ConclusionJOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI Appendix: Discography and Videography of Recommended Performances About the Contributors Index ...
