Eternal Dreamer: The Imagery of Richard Wagner

As one of the rare opera composers who wrote their own libretti, Wagner controlled what an audience heard, not only in his music, but also in the sound of his text. As a complete man of the theater, Wagner controlled (at least whenever he could) the lighting, set design, and costumes that an audience saw on the stage. The result was that a number of images-including sleep, dreams, storms, the potion, the significant glance, and the journey-reappear throughout Wagner's mature works and are c...