Wagner Beyond Good and Evil

Contents

Preface....................................................................................................................ix PART I. A FEW BEGINNINGS 1. Wagner Lives Issues in Autobiography....................................................................................3 2. "Pale" Senta Female Sacrifice and the Desire for Heimat.................................................................18 3. Wagner the Progressive Another Look at Lohengrin........................................................................31 PART II. DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN 4. Fairy Tale, Revolution, Prophecy Preliminary Evening: Das Rheingold.....................................................47 5. Symphonic Mastery or Moral Anarchy? First Day: Die Walküre..............................................................54 6. Siegfried Hero Second Day: Siegfried....................................................................................61 7. Finishing the End Third Day: Götterdämmerung............................................................................68 PART III. THE ELUSIVENESS OF TRAGE ... read full excerpt from Wagner Beyond Good and Evil ebook