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Wagner's operas and desire

Author: James M McGlathery
Publisher: New York : P. Lang, ©1998.
Series: North American studies in nineteenth-century German literature, v. 22.
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Wagner audiences are especially challenged to fathom the meaning of his operas, for there is much mystery as to just what they depict. This study attempts to meet that challenge for the ten operas - from The Flying Dutchman to Parsifal - that Wagner considered to embody his particular poetic genius and which indeed continue to be regularly performed.
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McGlathery, James M., 1936-
Wagner's operas and desire.
New York : P. Lang, c1998
(OCoLC)639879032
Named Person: Richard Wagner; Richard Wagner; Richard (1813-1883) Wagner; Richard Wagner
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James M McGlathery
ISBN: 0820436933 9780820436937
OCLC Number: 35397867
Description: 296 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Romantic operas --
Flying Dutchman --
Tannhäuser --
Lohengrin --
Ring of the Nibelung --
Rhinegold --
Valkyrie --
Siegfried --
Twilight of the Gods --
Later operas --
Tristan and Isolde --
Mastersingers of Nuremberg --
Parsifal.
Series Title: North American studies in nineteenth-century German literature, v. 22.
Responsibility: James M. McGlathery.

Abstract:

Wagner audiences are especially challenged to fathom the meaning of his operas, for there is much mystery as to just what they depict. This study attempts to meet that challenge for the ten operas - from The Flying Dutchman to Parsifal - that Wagner considered to embody his particular poetic genius and which indeed continue to be regularly performed.

The texts of the ten works are examined with special attention to the role of erotic passion, a subject usually relegated to secondary importance in Wagner criticism.

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