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In Wagner's Theatre, Patrick Carnegy presents the turbulent story of Wagner and his interpreters over the course of the twentieth century. Carnegy gives vivid accounts of Gustav Mahler's radical reinvention of the Wagnerian stage, and of the post-war rehabilitation of Wagner and his work after Hitler's appropriation. He also offers sharply written reappraisals of those great Wagnerian conductors Klemperer, Toscanini, Karajan and Solti. Carnegy provides revealing accounts of the inside-workings of the Royal Opera House and of English National Opera at troubled points in their recent history. In a fascinating conversation with Sir Michael Tippett, the composer talks with unique authority about the problems facing would-be musical dramatists today. Wagner's Theatre is an essential insight into how interpretations of Wagner have developed, and how we can respond to them.

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Author:   Patrick Carnegy
Publisher:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Imprint:   Lutterworth Press
ISBN:  

9780718897437

ISBN 10:   0718897439
Pages:   179
Publication Date:   25 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction by John Deathridge Prelude Part One: The Master's Dream 1. Wagner and his Shakespeare 2. Reckoning up the Ring: a Mathematician's Diary of Bayreuth 1876 3. Designs on the Ring: the Mystery Surrounding Josef Hoffmann's Sketches Unravelled Part Two: Arts of Interpretation 4. Tristan und Isolde, Vienna 1903: 'Wie hör' ich das Licht!' (Gustav Mahler and Alfred Roller) 5. Damming the Rhine (Patrice Chéreau's Ring at Bayreuth 1976) 6. Reinventing Wagner after Hitler (Wieland Wagner, Joachim Herz, Patrice Chéreau and Hans- Jürgen Syberberg) 7. A Touch of Wagnermania Part Three: A Quartet of Conductors 8. Toscanini: Champion of the Divine Art 9. Klemperer: Sufferings and Greatness 10. Karajan: The Conductor as Supreme Being 11. Solti: Still Climbing the Mountain Part Four: Opera Backstage: the Dramaturg's Story 12. Phantom at the Royal Opera 13. Blood on the Carpet: English National Opera in Retrospect 14. Michael Tippett on Opera (A Conversation with the Composer) Selected Writings Index Illustration Credits

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"Since 1967 and his first visit to Bayreuth for The Times, Patrick Carnegy's principal research interest has been the stage history of Wagner's works. He was the first person to be appointed Dramaturg (literary and production adviser) at the Royal Opera House and was Stratford-upon-Avon theatre critic for The Spectator, 1998 - 2013. Dr Carnegy's books include Faust as Musician: a study of Thomas Mann's ""Doktor Faustus"" (1973), and the critically acclaimed Wagner and the Art of the Theatre (2006), which won a Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award, and, in the USA, a George Freedley Memorial Award for its 'outstanding contribution to the history of the theatre'."

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