The trouble with Wagner / Michael P. Steinberg.

In this unique and hybrid book, cultural and music historian Michael P. Steinberg combines a close analysis of Wagnerian music drama with a personal account of his work as a dramaturg on the bicentennial production of The Ring of the Nibelung for the Teatro alla Scala Milan and the Berlin State Oper...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Steinberg, Michael P. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883. > Ring des Nibelungen. Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883 > Criticism and interpretation. Wagner, Richard, > 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen (Wagner, Richard) Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	x, 151 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction: Wagnerian songlines
History and the stage
Siegmund's death
Bad education
Les passions humaines
Afterword: on purity, danger, and the postsecular moment.