Opera and Drama

by Richard Wagner

Book Overview

With Richard Wagner, opera reached the apex of German Romanticism. Originally published in 1851, when Wagner was in political exile, Opera and Drama outlines a new, revolutionary type of musical stage work, which would finally materialize as The Ring of the Nibelung . Wagner's music drama, as he called it, aimed at a union of poetry, drama, music, and stagecraft. In a rare book-length study, the composer discusses the enhancement of dramas by operatic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803297653
• ISBN13: 9780803297654
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"