The Trouble with Wagner

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By Michael P Steinberg

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The Trouble with Wagner by Michael P. Steinberg is a distinctive exploration of Wagnerian music drama through both scholarly analysis and personal narrative. Steinberg reflects on his role as a dramaturg for the bicentennial productions of The Ring of the Nibelung at prestigious opera houses in Milan and Berlin. The book examines how Wagner entwines art, politics, truth, and deception within his modern mythology, inviting readers to confront the paradoxical nature of his work rather than separating good from bad. Drawing on decades of experience, Steinberg offers fresh insights that deepen understanding of Wagner's enduring impact.
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This book is ideal for music historians, opera aficionados, and readers interested in cultural studies who seek a nuanced, interdisciplinary perspective on Wagner's complex legacy.

This analysis of Wagner’s vexed legacy is heightened by the author’s own experience as a dramaturg working on Wagner at the Berlin State Opera.

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In this unique and hybrid book, cultural and music historian Michael P. Steinberg combines a close analysis of Wagnerian music drama with a personal account of his work as a dramaturg on the bicentennial production of The Ring of the Nibelung for the Teatro alla Scala Milan and the Berlin State Opera. Steinberg shows how Wagner uses the power of a modern mythology to heighten music’s claims to knowledge, thereby fusing not only art and politics, but truth and lies as well.

Rather than attempting to separate value and violence, or “the good from the bad,” as much Wagner scholarship as well as popular writing have tended to do, Steinberg proposes that we confront this paradox and look to the capacity of the stage to explore its depths and implications.

Drawing on decades of engagement with Wagner and of experience teaching opera across disciplines, The Trouble with Wagner is packed with novel insights for experts and interested readers alike.

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Esteemed scholar Daniel Herwitz praises The Trouble with Wagner as a brilliant and riveting work, highlighting Steinberg's unparalleled erudition and mastery over Wagner's legacy. The book stands out for its integration of performance history with Wagner's conception of modernity, ensuring it will provoke discussion for years to come.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226594194

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 November 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Illustration: 8 color plates, 12 halftones

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Michael P. Steinberg is president of the American Academy in Berlin and Barnaby Conrad and Mary Critchfield Keeney Professor of History and professor of music and German studies at Brown University. He is the author, most recently, of Judaism Musical and Unmusical, also published by the University of Chicago Press.