Wagner Outside the Ring

Informationen zum Autor John Louis DiGaetani, professor emeritus of English at Hofstra University, is the author of numerous books about opera and theater. Klappentext Designed as a companion volume to 2006's Inside the Ring, which focused on the four operas comprising Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, this new volume features more than a dozen original essays focusing on all of Wagner's non-Ring operas. Part One looks at the individual operas, including Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Parsifal. Part Two reveals the connections between Wagnerian opera and other arts, including dance, filmmaking, and fiction. Finally, Part Three examines Wagner's operas in performance, featuring interviews with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and heldentenor Ben Heppner, both well-known for their Wagnerian performances. The book includes many photographs from current productions by the Metropolitan Opera and other opera companies, along with bibliographies and a discography of recommended performances. Zusammenfassung Looks at the individual operas! including ""Der Fliegende Hollander""! ""Tannhauser""! ""Lohengrin""! ""Tristan und Isolde""! ""Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg""! and ""Parsifal"". This work reveals the connections between Wagnerian opera and other arts! including dance! filmmaking! and written fiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction Brief Chronology I. The Individual Operas1. Tradition and the Individual Talent in Wagner's JuveniliaYVONNE NILGES 2. The Flying Dutchman: An IntroductionJAMES K. HOLMAN 3. Deciphering The Flying DutchmanGREGORY KERSHNER 4. Revelation and Obfuscation: Wagner's Readings in Romanticism for TannhäuserSTEVEN R. CERF 5. Romanticism in Tannhäuser and LohengrinBARBARA JOSEPHINE GUENTHER 6. Don't Ask: Faith, Magic, Knowledge, and Sources in LohengrinLISA FEURZEIG 7. Tristan and EcstasyHANS RUDOLF VAGET 8. Infomercial in Three Acts: Die Meistersinger von NürnbergNICHOLAS VAZSONYI 9. Relativities: Einstein, Wagner, and Die MeistersingerJAMES K. HOLMAN 10 Musical Characterization in Parsifal: A Study of Parsifal and KundryJOHN J.H. MULLER II. Wagnerian Opera and the Other Arts11. Wagner and Dance: Tannhäuser and BeyondMARY CARGILL 12. "The Dream Organ": Wagner as a Proto-FilmmakerHILAN WARSHAW 13. Wagnerian References in the Fiction of Willa CatherRICHARD C. HARRIS III. Wagnerian Opera in Performance14. Michelle DeYoung: An InterviewJOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI 15. Ben Heppner: An InterviewJOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI 16. The Silver Age of Wagnerian SingingBARBARA JOSEPHINE GUENTHER A Manichean ConclusionJOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI Appendix: Discography and Videography of Recommended Performances About the Contributors Index ...

Autorentext
John Louis DiGaetani, professor emeritus of English at Hofstra University, is the author of numerous books about opera and theater.

Klappentext
Designed as a companion volume to 2006's Inside the Ring, which focused on the four operas comprising Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, this new volume features more than a dozen original essays focusing on all of Wagner's non-Ring operas. Part One looks at the individual operas, including Der Fliegende Hollander, Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Parsifal. Part Two reveals the connections between Wagnerian opera and other arts, including dance, filmmaking, and fiction. Finally, Part Three examines Wagner's operas in performance, featuring interviews with mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and heldentenor Ben Heppner, both well-known for their Wagnerian performances. The book includes many photographs from current productions by the Metropolitan Opera and other opera companies, along with bibliographies and a discography of recommended performances.

Zusammenfassung
Looks at the individual operas, including ""Der Fliegende Hollander"", ""Tannhauser"", ""Lohengrin"", ""Tristan und Isolde"", ""Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"", and ""Parsifal"". This work reveals the connections between Wagnerian opera and other arts, including dance, filmmaking, and written fiction.

Inhalt
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Brief Chronology

I. The Individual Operas
1. Tradition and the Individual Talent in Wagner's Juvenilia
YVONNE NILGES
2. The Flying Dutchman: An Introduction
JAMES K. HOLMAN
3. Deciphering The Flying Dutchman
GREGORY KERSHNER
4. Revelation and Obfuscation: Wagner's Readings in Romanticism for Tannhäuser
STEVEN R. CERF
5. Romanticism in Tannhäuser and Lohengrin
BARBARA JOSEPHINE GUENTHER
6. Don't Ask: Faith, Magic, Knowledge, and Sources in Lohengrin
LISA FEURZEIG
7. Tristan and Ecstasy
HANS RUDOLF VAGET
8. Infomercial in Three Acts: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
NICHOLAS VAZSONYI
9. Relativities: Einstein, Wagner, and Die Meistersinger
JAMES K. HOLMAN
10 Musical Characterization in Parsifal: A Study of Parsifal and Kundry
JOHN J.H. MULLER

II. Wagnerian Opera and the Other Arts
11. Wagner and Dance: Tannhäuser and Beyond
MARY CARGILL
12. "The Dream Organ": Wagner as a Proto-Filmmaker
HILAN WARSHAW
13. Wagnerian References in the Fiction of Willa Cather
RICHARD C. HARRIS

III. Wagnerian Opera in Performance
14. Michelle DeYoung: An Interview
JOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI
15. Ben Heppner: An Interview
JOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI
16. The Silver Age of Wagnerian Singing
BARBARA JOSEPHINE GUENTHER

A Manichean Conclusion
JOHN LOUIS DIGAETANI
Appendix: Discography and Videography of Recommended Performances
About the Contributors
Index

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