Over a distinguished career conducting some of the world's finest orchestras, Christian Thielemann has earned a reputation as the leading modern interpreter of Richard Wagner. My Life with Wagner chronicles his ardent personal and professional engagement with the composer whose work has shaped his thinking and feeling from early childhood.
Thielemann retraces his journey with Wagner - from Berlin to Bayreuth via Venice, Hamburg and Chicago. The book combines reminiscence and analysis with revealing insights drawn from Thielemann's many years of experience as a Wagner conductor. Taking each opera in turn, his appraisal is illuminated by a deep affinity for the music, an intimate knowledge of the scores and the inside perspective of an outstanding practitioner. And yet for all the adulation Wagner's art inspires in him, Thielemann does not shy away from unpalatable truths about the man himself, explaining why today he is venerated and reviled in equal measure.
My Life with Wagner is a richly rewarding read for admirers of a composer who continues to fascinate long after his death.
Fairies, Rings, and Redemption: Exploring Opera's Most Enigmatic Composer
Hardback
Publication Date: 13/10/2015
- ISBN:
- 9780297608554
- 9780297608554
- Category:
- Biography: arts & entertainment
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 13-10-2015
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 241.3x161.93x28.57mm
- Weight:
- 0.56kg
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