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Die Walkuere (The Valkyrie)

Die Walkuere (The Valkyrie)

The Valkyrie

by Richard Wagner
Paperback
Publication Date: 07/02/2011

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'Things like this are written only for people who have good powers of endurance (so really for nobody!),' wrote Wagner about Die Walkure. Yet, as Geoffrey Skelton points out, the opera has enjoyed a separate popularity and existence from The Ring of the Nibelung cycle - that unique four-day festival for which Wagner built a special theatre at Bayreuth. George Gillespie shows just how ('As if by the deft shake of a kaleidoscope') the string of mythical events was converted into a drama remarkable for its concentrated excitement and fine construction. Barry Millington introduces the web of motifs in the complex and beautiful score. The English version, for the first time complete with Elizabeth Forbes's translation of the verses that Wagner did not eventually set to music but retained as footnotes to his published version, is by acclaimed translator Andrew Porter.
ISBN:
9780714544229
9780714544229
Category:
Opera
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
07-02-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Alma Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
112
Dimensions (mm):
215x140x8mm
Weight:
0.17kg
Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner (1813-83) redefined opera and had an overwhelming impact on German and Western culture.

His major works include Lohengrin, Tannhauser, Tristan and Isolde, Parzival and the four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung- The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods.

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