A lively book that examines—for the first time—the full range of music by one of America’s most celebrated composers Richard Rodgers was an icon of the musical theater, a prolific …
Germany's cultural glory and for a time Germany's political shame: the operatic festival established by Richard Wagner in 1876 is one of the most intriguing phenomena in modern …
Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb collaborated for more than forty years, longer than any such partnership in Broadway history. Together they wrote over twenty musicals. …
A behind-the-scenes look at the premieres of five extraordinary operas What was it like at the opening night of Mozart’s Don Giovanni or Wagner’s Das Rheingold? This glittering …
Despite the voluminous literature on Wagner's operas, little has been published that does justice to all the elements of their performance. This book, addressed to both specialists …
The production of Wagner’s operas is fiercely debated. In this groundbreaking stage history Patrick Carnegy vividly evokes the—often scandalous—great productions that have left …
