Wagner Outside the Ring: Essays on the Operas, Their Performance and Their Connections with Other Arts

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Designed as a companion volume to 2006's Inside the Ring, which focused on the four operas comprising Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, this new volume features more than a dozen original essays focusing on all of Wagner's non-Ring operas. Part One looks at the individual operas, including Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Parsifal. Part Two reveals the connections between Wagnerian opera and other arts, including dance, filmmaking, and fiction. Finally, Part Three examines Wagner's operas in performance, featuring interviews with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and heldentenor Ben Heppner, both well-known for ...

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Designed as a companion volume to 2006's Inside the Ring, which focused on the four operas comprising Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, this new volume features more than a dozen original essays focusing on all of Wagner's non-Ring operas. Part One looks at the individual operas, including Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Parsifal. Part Two reveals the connections between Wagnerian opera and other arts, including dance, filmmaking, and fiction. Finally, Part Three examines Wagner's operas in performance, featuring interviews with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and heldentenor Ben Heppner, both well-known for their Wagnerian performances. The book includes many photographs from current productions by the Metropolitan Opera and other opera companies, along with bibliographies and a discography of recommended performances.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780786434008
  • Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
  • Publication date: 8/28/2009
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 976,149
  • Product dimensions: 6.90 (w) x 10.00 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

John Louis DiGaetani is the author of numerous books about opera and theater, including several about Richard Wagner. An English professor at Hofstra University, he lives in New York.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Introduction 3

Brief Chronology 7

I The Individual Operas

1 Tradition and the Individual Talent in Wagner's Juvenilia Yvonne Nilges Nilges, Yvonne 9

2 The Flying Dutchman: An Introduction James K. Holman Holman, James K. 23

3 Deciphering The Flying Dutchman Gregory Kershner Kershner, Gregory 31

4 Revelation and Obfuscation: Wagner's Readings in Romanticism for Tannhauser Steven R. Cerf Cerf, Steven R. 40

5 Romanticism in Tannhauser and Lohengrin Barbara Josephine Guenther Guenther, Barbara Josephine 55

6 Don't Ask: Faith, Magic, Knowledge, and Sources in Lohengrin Lisa Feurzeig Feurzeig, Lisa 80

7 Tristan and Ecstasy Hans Rudolf Vaget Vaget, Hans Rudolf 105

8 Infomercial in Three Acts: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Nicholas Vazsonyi Vazsonyi, Nicholas 122

9 Relativities: Einstein, Wagner, and Die Meistersinger James K. Holman Holman, James K. 141

10 Musical Characterization in Parsifal: A Study of Parsifal and Kundry John J. H. Muller Muller, John J. H. 157

II Wagnerian Opera and the Other Arts

11 Wagner and Dance: Tannhauser and Beyond Mary Cargill Cargill, Mary 175

12 "The Dream Organ": Wagner as a Proto-Filmmaker Hilan Warshaw Warshaw, Hilan 184

13 Wagnerian References in the Fiction of Willa Cather Richard C. Harris Harris, Richard C. 199

III Wagnerian Opera in Performance

14 Michelle DeYoung: An Interview John Louis DiGaetani DiGaetani, John Louis 217

15 Ben Heppner: An Interview John Louis DiGaetani DiGaetani, John Louis 221

16 The Silver Age of Wagnerian Singing Barbara Josephine Guenther Guenther, Barbara Josephine 227

A Manichean Conclusion John Louis DiGaetani DiGaetani, John Louis251

App Discography and Videography of Recommended Performances 255

About the Contributors 259

Index 261

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