Tristan und Isolde = Tristan and Isolde / Richard Wagner.

Author/creator Wagner, Richard
Format Book
EditionNew edition.
Publication InfoRichmond : Overture Publishing, 2011.
Description96 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

Included WorkWagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde (Libretto) English.
Included WorkWagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde (Libretto) German.
Included WorkPorter, Andrew, 1928-2015, translator.
Included WorkJohn, Nicholas, editor.
Other author/creatorEnglish National Opera.
SeriesOpera guides ; 6
Opera guide ; 6. ^A176004
Contents Synopsis / Timothy McFarland -- Tristan and Isolde: a landmark in music history / John Luke Rose -- A musical commentary / Anthony Negus -- The staging of 'Tristan and Isolde': landmarks among the Appian Way / Patrick Carnegy -- An introduction to the German text / Martin Swales and Timothy McFarland -- Thematic guide -- Tristan and Isolde / poem by Richard Wagner ; English translation by Andrew Porter.
Abstract 'A Landmark in Musical History' is John Luke Rose's title for the introduction to this extraordinary piece of theatre. It belongs to the German tradition of mystical writing, and a short note on the poem itself by Martin Swales and Timothy McFarland elucidates some of Wagner's literary techniques. Anthony Negus, who assisted Reginald Goodall on the WNO production of Tristan und Isolde, has contributed a penetrating analysis of the musical structure of the opera, while Patrick Carnegy assesses the remarkable solutions to staging an opera which some argue is best experienced with your back to the performers.
General noteIncludes libretto in German by Richard Wagner, with English translation by Andrew Porter, and commentaries.
General noteThis Opera guide first published by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd in 1981.
Bibliography noteIncludes discography (pages 94-95) and bibliographical references (page 96).
LanguageText in English and German.
ISBN9780714544106 (paperback)