Wagner in Performance

Wagner in Performance by Stewart Spencer

This book, addressed to both specialists and the opera-going public, brings together a team of acknowledged authorities from round the world to examine the performance history and reception of Wagner's works in Europe and America. A connected sequence of essays on conducting, singing, production and stage design explores the nature of Wagner's demands on his interpreters. The book raises questions about the realization of opera on the stage: about the authority of the composer vis-a-vis the director and the audience: about the sanctity of the text, score and stage directions; and about the role of art itself in society. The volume also considers the explosion in popularity of Wagner's music dramas and their ability to assume new meanings, on stage and in recordings, for successive generations. It looks at the debate over vocal and conducting styles, at the origins of Bayreuth, and at the impact of Wagner on the musical life of New York and Vienna.

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ISBN 13	9780300057188
ISBN 10	0300057180
Titel	Wagner in Performance
Autor	Stewart Spencer
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Yale University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1992-07-29
Seitenanzahl	256
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