Richard Wagner and festival theatre
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Richard Wagner and festival theatre
（Contributions in drama and theatre studies, no. 53）（Lives of the theatre）
Greenwood Press, 1994
- : hbk
- : pbk : alk. paper
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Bibliography: p. [171]-175
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In contrast to most books on Richard Wagner, this biography focuses primarily on Wagner as an important figure in the development of the theatre. While his contribution to music history has been exhaustively documented and analyzed, his theatrical ventures, in particular the founding of the Bayreuth Festival, have not been the object of much research by English-speaking theatre historians. Nevertheless, the Festival was a crucial event in the development of the European theatre: while Bayreuth established the paradigm for all modern theatre and music festivals, the Festival Theatre itself has provided the most widely imitated architectural configuration in twentieth-century theatre building.
Table of Contents
Illustrations Series Foreword by Josh Beer and Christopher Innes Preface List of Abbreviations The Fiery Conformist Bohemian in Paris Kapellmeister in Dresden Revolutionary in Exile Romantic in Exile The King's Friend The Master of Bayreuth The Dying Magus Wagner's Legacy Chronology of Wagner's Life Further Reading Index
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