Contains a concise . . . account of Wagner's life by John Deathridge and . . . a treatment of Wagner's music, aesthetics, and individual operas and music dramas

Grove Art: The New Grove Art series, focusing on the most important periods and areas of art history, is derived from the critically acclaimed "The Dictionary o

One of the most controversial figures in the history of ideas as well as music, Richard Wagner continues to stimulate debate whenever his works are performed. D

This book, addressed to both specialists and the opera-going public, brings together a team of acknowledged authorities from round the world to examine the perf

"This collection provides us with that rarest of objects: a genuinely new book on Wagner. Virtually every page offers fresh perspectives, some of them mined fro