Wagner's Eternal Ring - Hardcover

Ellison, Nancy

 
9780847834631: Wagner's Eternal Ring

Synopsis

A beautifully produced volume celebrating Wagners Ring in full-page color photographs, and complete with historical materials from the Metropolitan Operas archives. In this unique volume, Nancy Ellison captures James Levines and Otto Schenks landmark production of The Ring of the Nibelung as it was performed in full for the last time at the Metropolitan Opera in 2009. Wagners Ring is a supreme challenge for any opera company, and no other staging matches the spirit of romanticism of Schenks vision, which is based on original notes written by Wagner. Ellison presents the worlds greatest operatic journey in a visual progression that leads readers through the complete narrative of each music drama: Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, and Götterdämmerung.

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About the Author

Nancy Ellison is the author of In Grand Style: The Glory of the Metropolitan Opera and In Classic Style: The Splendor of American Ballet Theatre.

Eva Wagner-Pasquier is the great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner and is senior artistic advisor at the Metropolitan Opera.

Peter Gelb is general manager of the Metropolitan Opera.

Otto Schenk
is a producer at the Metropolitan Opera.

James Levine is the musical director at the Metropolitan Opera.

Robert Tuggle is the director of archives at the Metropolitan Opera.

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