{"product_id":"the-wagner-operas-by-ernest-newman-9780691027166","title":"The Wagner Operas","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this classic guide, the foremost Wagner expert of our century discusses ten of Wagner's most beloved operas. It illuminates their key themes and the myths and literary sources behind the librettos, and demonstrates how the composer's style changed from work to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed as the most complete and intellectually satisfying analysis of the Wagner operas, the book has met with unreserved enthusiasm from both specialists and casual music lovers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, available for the first time in a single paperback volume, is the perfect companion for listening to, or attending, \u003cem\u003eThe Flying Dutchman\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTannhauser\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTristan and Isolde\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDie Meistersinger\u003c\/em\u003e, the four operas of the \u003cem\u003eRing Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eParsifal\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNewman enriches his treatment of the stories, texts, and music of the operas with biographical and historical materials from the store of knowledge that he acquired while completing his numerous books on Wagner, including the magisterial \u003cem\u003eLife of Richard Wagner\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe text of \u003cem\u003eThe Wagner Operas\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with hundreds of musical examples from the scores, and all the important leitmotifs and their interrelationships are made clear in Newman's lucid prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is as fine an introduction as any ever written about a major composer's masterpieces. Newman outlines with unfailing clarity and astuteness each opera's dramatic sources, and he takes the student through the completed opera, step by step, with all manner of incidental insight along the way.\" — Robert Bailey, New York University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600631873772,"sku":"9780691027166","price":132.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691027166-the-wagner-operas.jpg?v=1777990492","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-wagner-operas-by-ernest-newman-9780691027166","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}