Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold)

Richard Wagner author Andrew Porter translator John Nicholas editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Alma Books Ltd

Published:7th Feb '11

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Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) cover

Das Rheingold, the opening of Wagner's four-part Ring of Nibelung, stands out as more genteel and picturesque than the others. But it immediately establishes the huge scale of the overall work, and the extraordinary musical language that will be displayed throughout. It is a miracle of musical history that Wagner's 1850 conception could be brought to completion, in an organic whole, some twenty-five years later. Stewart Spencer discusses the way in which Wagner fuses genuine mythology with his own invention and John Deathridge places the opera in the context of The Ring and its century.

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: 9780714544366

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 148g

100 pages