Tristan and Isolde: English National Opera Guide 6 (English National Opera Guides) - Softcover

Wagner, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714538493 ISBN 13: 9780714538495

Publisher: Oneworld Classics, 1981

Synopsis

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. "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 this opera, 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! In association with English National Opera.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Le Gallienne (1867-1947) was one of Britain's leading literary critics. His abridgment of "The Diary of Samuel Pepys is considered a triumph of editing.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) is one of the most widely read and admired novelists of the nineteenth century.

Language Notes:

Text: English, German

About this edition

• Publisher: Oneworld Classics
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0714538493
• ISBN 13: 9780714538495
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130
• Editor: John Nicholas