Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) Paperback / softback
by Richard Wagner
Part of the Overture Opera Guides in Association with the English National Opera (ENO) series
Paperback / softback
Description
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg is the only comedy among Richard Wagner's mature works.
Unusually for Wagner, it is set in a historically specific time and place, sixteenthcentury Nuremberg, and tells of a song contest among the town's guildsmen.
It nevertheless explores the same themes of renewal, renunciation and human love as Wagner's other great music dramas.
The finely drawn humanity of its principal characters and the brilliance of its musical invention make it one of the most rewarding operas in the repertory. The guide contains articles on the complex historical and political background to the opera, a detailed examination of its musical structure and a survey of its sometimes contentious performance history.
Further articles explore some of the work's roots in the poetry of Schiller and the vexed question of the extent to which Wagner's virulent anti-Semitism may be said to be present in the opera.
The guide also includes the full libretto with English translation, sixteen pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide, a discography, a bibliography and DVD and website guides.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Alma Books Ltd
- Publication Date:26/02/2015
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- ISBN:9781847495587
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Alma Books Ltd
- Publication Date:26/02/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781847495587