Wagner's Theatre

In Search of a Legacy

AvPatrick Carnegy

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Wagner's Theatre presents the turbulent story of Wagner and his interpreters over the course of the twentieth century.In Wagner's Theatre, Patrick Carnegy presents the turbulent story of Wagner and his interpreters over the course of the twentieth century. Carnegy gives vivid accounts of Gustav Mahler's radical reinvention of the Wagnerian stage, and of the post-war rehabilitation of Wagner and his work after Hitler's appropriation. He also offers sharply written reappraisals of those great Wagnerian conductors Klemperer, Toscanini, Karajan and Solti. Carnegy provides revealing accounts of the inside-workings of the Royal Opera House and of English National Opera at troubled points in their recent history. In a fascinating conversation with Sir Michael Tippett, the composer talks with unique authority about the problems facing would-be musical dramatists today. Wagner's Theatre is an essential insight into how interpretations of Wagner have developed, and how we can respond to them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-26
Mått:228 x 152 x 12 mm
Vikt:482 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Lutterworth Press
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780718897406

Utforska kategorier

Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen inom Historia och arkeologi
Tonsättare och låtskrivare inom Kultur
Opera inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Since 1967 and his first visit to Bayreuth for The Times, Patrick Carnegy's principal research interest has been the stage history of Wagner's works. He was the first person to be appointed Dramaturg (literary and production adviser) at the Royal Opera House and was Stratford-upon-Avon theatre critic for The Spectator, 1998 - 2013. Dr Carnegy's books include Faust as Musician: a study of Thomas Mann's "Doktor Faustus" (1973), and the critically acclaimed Wagner and the Art of the Theatre (2006), which won a Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award, and, in the USA, a George Freedley Memorial Award for its 'outstanding contribution to the history of the theatre'.

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This is a book for all who love Opera - that combination of music, drama, word and song, story-telling and the deep workings of the unconscious. Who better than Patrick Carnegy to investigate this mysterious and elusive world? He delves into German Shakespeare, the first Ring of 1876, Mahler and Roller's 'right to come up with answers undreamt of by the composer', through to more recent times - four great conductors, Opera in London, and Michael Tippett. All endlessly fascinating.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction by John DeathridgePreludePart One: The Master's Dream1. Wagner and his Shakespeare2. Reckoning up the Ring: a Mathematician's Diary of Bayreuth 18763. Designs on the Ring: the Mystery Surrounding Josef Hoffmann's Sketches UnravelledPart Two: Arts of Interpretation4. Tristan und Isolde, Vienna 1903: 'Wie hör' ich das Licht!' (Gustav Mahler and Alfred Roller)5. Damming the Rhine (Patrice Chéreau's Ring at Bayreuth 1976)6. Reinventing Wagner after Hitler (Wieland Wagner, Joachim Herz, Patrice Chéreau and Hans- Jürgen Syberberg)7. A Touch of Wagnermania Part Three: A Quartet of Conductors8. Toscanini: Champion of the Divine Art9. Klemperer: Sufferings and Greatness10. Karajan: The Conductor as Supreme Being11. Solti: Still Climbing the MountainPart Four: Opera Backstage: the Dramaturg's Story12. Phantom at the Royal Opera13. Blood on the Carpet: English National Opera in Retrospect14. Michael Tippett on Opera (A Conversation with the Composer)Selected WritingsIndexIllustration Credits