Tristan and Isolde. Wagner English National Opera Guide 6: No. 6

Wagner, Richard

ISBN 10: 0714538493 / ISBN 13: 9780714538495

Published by Calder Publications Ltd, 1981

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Good condition paperback with light wear, creasing. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tristan and Isolde. Wagner English National Opera Guide 6: No. 6
• Publisher: Calder Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714538493
• ISBN 13: 9780714538495
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. "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 this opera, 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! In association with English National Opera.

From the Back 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 this opera, 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!