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Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde)

Richard Wagner author Andrew Porter translator John Nicholas editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Alma Books Ltd

Published:7th Feb '11

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Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) cover

'A Landmark in Musical History' is John Luke Rose's title for the introduction to this extraordinary piece of theatre. It belongs to the German tradition of mystical writing, and a short note on the poem itself by Martin Swales and Timothy McFarland elucidates some of Wagner's literary techniques. Anthony Negus, who assisted Reginald Goodall on the WNO production of Tristan and Isolde, has contributed a penetrating analysis of the musical structure of the opera, while Patrick Carnegy assesses the remarkable solutions to staging an opera which some argue is best experienced with your back to the performers.

Brilliantly produced and superb value.' * Sunday Times * All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.' * Daily Telegraph * Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.' * TLS *

ISBN: 9780714544106

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 146g

130 pages