English National Opera Guide : Wagner : The Valkyrie : Die Walküre
by English National Opera, Nicholas John (Series Editor), Richard Wagner (Librettist)
English National Opera Guide Wagner Ring (21), English National Opera Guide (21), Wagner : The Valkyrie (~ commentary + libretto)
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"Things like this are written only for people who have good powers of endurance (so really for nobody!)", wrote Wagner about Die Walküre. Yet, as Geoffrey Skelton points out, the opera has enjoyed a separate popularity and existence from the Ring Cycle. George Gillespie shows just how the string of mythical events was converted into a drama remarkable for its concentrated excitement and fine construction. Barry Millington introduces the web of motifs in the complex score. The English show more version, with Elizabeth Forbes's translation of the verses that Wagner did not eventually set to music but retained as footnotes to his published version, is by acclaimed translator Andrew Porter.Contents: A Conflict of Power and Love, Geoffrey Skelton; Chronology of the Composition of 'The Valkyrie'; An Introduction to the Music of 'The Valkyrie', Barry Millington; New Myths for Old, George Gillespie; Translating 'The Ring', Andrew Porter; Die Walküre: Poem by Richard Wagner; The Valkyrie: English translation by Andrew Porter show lessTags
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Composer and conductor Richard Wagner (1813-83) is best known for his four-opera classic, The Ring. Unlike most other composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his operas. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- English National Opera Guide : Wagner : The Valkyrie : Die Walküre
- Original publication date
- 1983
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- Richard Wagner; Brünnhilde (Wagner Ring Cycle); Wotan (Wagner Ring Cycle); Siegmund (Wagner Ring Cycle); Sieglinde (Wagner Ring Cycle); Hunding (Wagner Ring Cycle)
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- John, Nicholas
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- English
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- This is the English National Opera Guide: Please do not combine it with the full score or recordings.
0714540196 1984
0714544221 2011
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